Starting the season off with an ejection

[brandan89]

Today we had our annual 2 man mechanic camp in conjunction with an area boys/girls basketball tournament. 2 - 18 minute running halves. One team majority white was on defense while the other team majority black was on offense. One of the defense players bumped into the offense and the offense player pushes her and tells her get her white a*& off of her. WHACK! First T.... I go over to the table and report it, coach asks what had happened, I explained down to the T. She then comes behind him and says, he only called that because she was white loud enough for people in the stands to hear. WHACK! Second T and gone. Coach gets upset, I careless and move on with the game....What a crappy way to start off a season!

[Mark Padgett]

Brandan - from the way you described it, it sounds to me like you did exactly the right thing. I know you would have done the same if the situation had be reversed.

When comments like these start, you have to pull a Barney Fife. Nip it, nip it in the bud.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by brandan89

Today we had our annual 2 man mechanic camp in conjunction with an area boys/girls basketball tournament. 2 - 18 minute running halves. One team majority white was on defense while the other team majority black was on offense. One of the defense players bumped into the offense and the offense player pushes her and tells her get her white a*& off of her. WHACK! First T.... I go over to the table and report it, coach asks what had happened, I explained down to the T. She then comes behind him and says, he only called that because she was white loud enough for people in the stands to hear. WHACK! Second T and gone. Coach gets upset, I careless and move on with the game....What a crappy way to start off a season!

Brandan, I think you did fine. Player clearly has an attitude problem, and you're letting her know this kind of talk isn't appropriate. It IS a lousy way for her to start her season, but you did fine, started off with a healthy exercise of proper authority, and you took care of business.

[CLH]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Brandan, I think you did fine. Player clearly has an attitude problem, and you're letting her know this kind of talk isn't appropriate. It IS a lousy way for her to start her season, but you did fine, started off with a healthy exercise of proper authority, and you took care of business.

I disagree, I think you're a big hothead with a quick trigger finger!!! (Hmmm hi my name is pot, nice to meet you kettle) After all, I'm sure if you would have listend closely she said, "I didn't mean it.

CLH

[TimTaylor]

You did right Brandan. I had something similar in a girls varsity summer league game - a racial epiphet, profanity & threat of violence all in one sentence (stay out of my way you honky b***h or I'm gonna kick your f*****g a$$). She didn't get a second chance - went straight to flagrant on that one.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by TimTaylor

You did right Brandan. I had something similar in a girls varsity summer league game - a racial epiphet, profanity & threat of violence all in one sentence (stay out of my way you honky b***h or I'm gonna kick your f*****g a$$). She didn't get a second chance - went straight to flagrant on that one.

We instruct our officials to call anything racial as being flagrant also. Get rid of 'em and write a report.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

We instruct our officials to call anything racial as being flagrant also. Get rid of 'em and write a report.

Kind of tough to define "racial" since the Genome Project proved there's no such thing as "race", only commonality of genetic tagging.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by TimTaylor

- a racial epiphet, profanity & threat of violence all in one sentence (stay out of my way you honky b***h or I'm gonna kick your f*****g a$$).

Let's see... racial, check, profanity, check, and threat, check. Yup, I'm with you -- automatic F. please e-mail details. I want all the juice!

[Back In The Saddle]

Yep, a very unpleasant way to begin the season. However, you really did the girl a big favor. By showing her now what the consequences of such actions are, you give her a chance to get it under control before the games that matter. Not that such considerations factor into our decision making process at the time, but I'm just sayin...

A righteous ejection.

[TimTaylor]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Let's see... racial, check, profanity, check, and threat, check. Yup, I'm with you -- automatic F. please e-mail details. I want all the juice!

Not much to tell Juulie, just a young lady with mediocre skills, but a real attitude and a mouth to match - nothing you haven't seen before.

[budjones05]

Originally Posted by brandan89

Today we had our annual 2 man mechanic camp in conjunction with an area boys/girls basketball tournament. 2 - 18 minute running halves. One team majority white was on defense while the other team majority black was on offense. One of the defense players bumped into the offense and the offense player pushes her and tells her get her white a*& off of her. WHACK! First T.... I go over to the table and report it, coach asks what had happened, I explained down to the T. She then comes behind him and says, he only called that because she was white loud enough for people in the stands to hear. WHACK! Second T and gone. Coach gets upset, I careless and move on with the game....What a crappy way to start off a season!

AHHH the best way to start off the season!

[jer166]

I always start out telling myself I need to hold my whistle a little longer on the T's, especially on the coaches. Each year I do a little better, but these are the sort of issues that can't be ignored or condoned.