Down to my last one. Had a 49-48 boys JV tonight. V hit a three with .04 on the clock to cut it to 1, but time ran out on them. Close score -- but not much talent on eaither side. One good coach, one chronic whiner.

One of these days, when a coach asks me to overturn my partner's (lead) call from trail, I'm going to respond, "Coach, I couldn't do that. I had the same view you did, and I'm not comfortable with my angle."

Way too cerebral for a coach to understand. You are going to have to explain it to him.

I tried to use small words. Maybe if I used "can't" instead of "couldn't" (it's shorter) and "happy" instead of "comfortable" (shorter and more pleasant)? Would that help having only two words more than one syllable; and then only two?

Let's try monosyllabic: "Coach, from here, I could see what you saw: zip!"

Connecticut
 

Here in Connectict, girls play regular season games for two more weeks and boys for three more weeks. The regular season is followed by league or conference playoffs and then by the state tournament. The state tournament finals for girls will be in early Mrach, the boys a week later. I believe that we're having the New England prep school tournament in our local board region this year, and that may extend the season a little bit longer.