A new low in coaches questions

[blindzebra]

I was working some club ball on Saturday...game just ended, the team with the two huge players wins...I take a bathroom break before the next game starts.

I return and the coach for the losing team is talking with my less experienced partner.

The partner throws me under the bus by saying, "Why not ask him to see what he thinks?" Great.

Coach: You know about the principle of verticality right?

Me: I have a pretty good idea about it.

Coach: The rule book says it is a foul if another player enters your vertical space.

Me: No, it's a foul if there is contact.

Coach: There doesn't have to be contact.

Me: Coach, you can't have a foul without contact.

I know I shouldn't but I can't help myself, so I grab my rulebook, go to definitions and show him FOUL.

Coach: But that's about fouls, that has nothing to do with verticality! Show me the verticality rule.

I am in disbelief, but I'm on a roll now so I flip to verticality and tell him to pay close attention to Art. 5 and 6 and the use of the words CONTACT and FOUL.

He's holding his ground, but look at Art. 3, that's why it's a FOUL.

I'm literally laughing in his face know.

He comes back with, "I used to officiate college basketball so I know the rules!"

I just said, "Well, I can see why you USED to."