Traditionalism
 

GV last night #1 in the state vs. #5. Pretty good game. A little sloppier than it should've been for that level.

But I thought some of our old fogies would like the fact that the crowd used BOTH of the "Find a rope, find a tree. . ." and the "I am blind, I am deaf. . ." chants. They had a real appreciation of history, apparently. :) (Of course, they also used the less creative "Buuuulllllll-@@@@" chant.)

Last night, some old guy on the front bleacher was on me from the get-go!

As it happens, in the 3rd quarter I found myself with a throw-in directly in front of him during a timeout. He was merciless! I turned and calmly asked, "Have you considered asking the Lord Jesus Christ to become your personal saviour?"

He didn't say another word the rest of the game. :D

You must have been at the same game as I was. I called the #2 defending champs AAA Girls, VS #10 in the state. I got all of those plus "we're missing a good game", "Do you know what traveling is you're blind", "do you want my glasses". And even more. Oddley enough I enjoyed all the names...

I had a guy like that one SEASON. I ignored him and he was merciless and ignorant of any rules changes made in the past 15 years. He kept holding up his hand with several fingers. He was a about 10 different schools and I wondered if he had been following me around. Finally one night as I was about to inbound for the 3rd quarter he was hounding me again and I turned and asked him what his problem was and why he always had his hand in the air. He told me that was the number of calls he believed I had screwed up on and "owed" him make-up calls for. He then asked why I had made a specific call the way I had. I told him it was a new rule change that had been in effect for a year. He asked if we could continue the discussion following the game.

Turns out he was not an a$$ at all - just wasn't privy to the rule changes. He loved BB and went to many schools to watch the games. He preferred that over TV. We've had many conversations since then. I don't ususally say anything to fans during a game whether they are complaining or complimenting - but I'm glad I did that night. I now look for him sitting at midcourt at all my games! :)

RESPONSE: Yeah, I know but I got assigned to work this one!!

That was me.

Man, you were bad!

Did you give them <b>The Stare(tm)</b>?:eek:

[QUOTE=chartrusepengui]I He kept holding up his hand with several fingers. . . . He told me that was the number of calls he believed I had screwed up on and "owed" him make-up calls for.

He only used one hand? . . . Sound like you weren't doing too bad.

I think i saw this on TV.

He gave him the stare and then the STOP SIGN! :D

Hopefully he isn't related to Glenn Close--or the female astronaut who just got arrested in Orlando.

Wow...I never realzied you were a little, old, black man in an ugly hat. :D

Why you got to insult the man's hat?

"Why? Obviously they're not doing you any good." :cool:

"What, when you buy a hat like this I bet you get a free bowl of soup, huh?
Oh, it looks good on you though."

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