1st varsity Tech awarded

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

I've not NOT used a first name with a coach in years. We're all adults.

Coaches always call me by my first name (which apparently is Dickhead).

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Coaches always call me by my first name (which apparently is Dickhead).

Reminds me of the Bill Cosby:Himself routine where Bill grew up thinking his name was Jesus Christ.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

Reminds me of the Bill Cosby:Himself routine where Bill grew up thinking his name was Jesus Christ.

I still have that album. On an old LP--to which a bunch of posters will respond "Whatinthehell is an LP?"

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

I still have that album.

I watched the movie version on HBO. It's one of the first times I remember watching an "adult" show with my parents and them laughing as hard as I was. My poor mother was in tears and barely able to breathe during the dentist bit. ("How can I ribinse, when I hab no bottom libip? Oooookaybee!")

[Junker]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I watched the movie version on HBO. It's one of the first times I remember watching an "adult" show with my parents and them laughing as hard as I was. My poor mother was in tears and barely able to breathe during the dentist bit. ("How can I ribinse, when I hab no bottom libip? Oooookaybee!")

I got to say, when I read that you were watching an "adult" show with your parents, Cosby didn't come to mind. Back in the day I did a Cosby bit at the all-state speech contest. Buck Jones, it was a favorite. Sorry, this is turning into a "bragpost". I was an all state speech selection 2 years running. Let me know if you want autographs.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

I still have that album. On an old LP--to which a bunch of posters will respond "Whatinthehell is an LP?"

That's easy. Liquid Propane. Duh.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

I still have that album. On an old LP--to which a bunch of posters will respond "Whatinthehell is an LP?"

I'm partial to the "Why is there air?" album.

[tomegun]

I have always felt like it means something when someone knows and remembers my first name. Gentlemen, think about it for a minute. You meet a young lady and she remembers your name from a previous meeting. You probably made some kind of impression for her to remember. Not really the same thing as a coach, but hey - I'm just saying!

[deecee]

i have no problem with a coach calling my by my name -- and me calling them by theirs -- i find that in many situations you cal defuse it by being calm and addressing them by their first name. I always introduce my partner and myself before a game and wish coaches a good game and if they have any check if they have any questions. I try and add a bit more of the human element to officiating rather than what becomes robotic sometimes as mandated in the manual. Up until this year I had only given about 4 maybe 5 T's in HS -- this year already at 4 -- 2 coaches (BFresh, boys JV, GV) and one player.

Not that im getting less tolerant just that I am seeing more dramatics than ever and sometimes I feel like im in a production of the West Side Story rather than a basketball game. I will say this the lower level coaches got theirs much faster.