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Coltdoggs Fri Nov 16, 2007 06:09pm
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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
How much space ya' got? :rolleyes:

Good one recently - "That's the worst call I've ever seen." My reply, "So, this is your first game?"
I've had that said to me and I told the coach "you shouldn't be so quick to judge, you should see my whole body of work" :D

Mark Padgett Fri Nov 16, 2007 06:43pm
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Originally Posted by Coltdoggs
I've had that said to me and I told the coach "you shouldn't be so quick to judge, you should see my whole body of work" :D
Excellent!

Brad Fri Nov 16, 2007 07:32pm
Kinda dumb, but the fan and I laughed...

Fan: "He didn't *mean* to foul him."

Me: "I didn't mean to call it."

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Also, best story *ever* goes to Brendan (aka BBall_Junkie)...

Local HS coach in year two of two very bad seasons... Coach requests a time out...

Brendan: "What do you want coach?" (Obviously implying 30 or 60-sec timeout)

Coach: "I want the season to be over."

Brendan: (Without missing a beat) "Thirty second time-out!"

LMAO!!!

just another ref Sat Nov 17, 2007 01:59am
Linus Van Pelt once said, "A soft answer turneth away wrath," or something like that.

Tonight there was a mass of bodies in the lane, a brief skirmish, and the ball trickled out of bounds. Partner whistled out of bounds. I was right in front of Coach A.

He asked, almost meekly, "That wasn't a foul?"

I answered, "I don't know."

He responded, "You don't know??"

"Right. I don't know."

He stood there with his mouth open.

Idaho Sat Nov 17, 2007 02:20am
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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
This is a quote that has been attributed to at least 50 different coaches over the years including about a dozen on this board. Not denigrating your post, just clarifying that originally, it probably wasn't Valvano. Maybe it was Naismith?
It's Valvano. John Feinstein tracked down the quote in his book "March to Madness."

Terrapins Fan Sat Nov 17, 2007 08:38am
I used to coach, the worse thing I ever said to a ref was-

" You were a losey player when you were in high school, You were a lousey coach when you were coaching and NOW You're a lousey referee"

Yeah, I earned that "T"

Worse thing a coach has said to be, or funniest, " You don't know what I want" I had just "T"ed him up and he was still coming after me verbally, I said "coach settle down you don't want a 2nd "T"

bob jenkins Sat Nov 17, 2007 09:17am
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Originally Posted by Idaho
It's Valvano. John Feinstein tracked down the quote in his book "March to Madness."
I heard the comment years before Valvano became "famous"

rainmaker Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:53pm
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Originally Posted by just another ref
Linus Van Pelt once said, "A soft answer turneth away wrath," or something like that.
Well, as long as we're pinning down the Valvano quip to its correct source, I s'pose we should also point out that Linus Van Pelt was quoting someone else, though I'm not sure anyone knows the exact name of who said it first.

Mark Padgett Sat Nov 17, 2007 02:27pm
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Originally Posted by Terrapins Fan
" You were a losey player when you were in high school, You were a lousey coach when you were coaching and NOW You're a lousey referee"

Well, which was he - "losey" or "lousey"? At least he wasn't lousy! Then he would have been bad. ;)

brandan89 Sat Nov 17, 2007 03:40pm
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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
This is a quote that has been attributed to at least 50 different coaches over the years including about a dozen on this board. Not denigrating your post, just clarifying that originally, it probably wasn't Valvano. Maybe it was Naismith?

I worked with a partner once who, after a complaint by a coach, told the coach, "If learning these rules is too tough for you, why don't you go back to that job you have where you wear a paper hat and ask if that's for here or to go?" :p
HEY!!! I take offence to that. There is nothing wrong with wearing a paper hat, which today might I add isnt paper any more, and asking is that for hear or to go. Haha

MeRef Sat Nov 17, 2007 05:29pm
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Originally Posted by rgncjn
We have all been called names, as well as been thefocal point of joke. Which statement (whether you ignored it or not), sticks with you the most?

I had one last night that got me thinking to see what others have experienced.

After an obvious travelling violation that the coach disagreed to...
Coach: Where did you get your officiating license, K-Mart?
Me: It was a blue light special.
At halftime of a kids game a parent yells, "Hey ref I found your cell phone. It has 5 missed calls on it."

fullor30 Sat Nov 17, 2007 05:30pm
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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
This is a quote that has been attributed to at least 50 different coaches over the years including about a dozen on this board. Not denigrating your post, just clarifying that originally, it probably wasn't Valvano. Maybe it was Naismith?

I worked with a partner once who, after a complaint by a coach, told the coach, "If learning these rules is too tough for you, why don't you go back to that job you have where you wear a paper hat and ask if that's for here or to go?" :p
So I go to google to search the quote and there it is.................my post from the other day.

Well, point is it's still a good one proven that it's attributed to as you guess fifty different coaches. I was told it was out of a book

Mark Padgett Sat Nov 17, 2007 05:40pm
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Originally Posted by brandan89
HEY!!! I take offence to that. There is nothing wrong with wearing a paper hat, which today might I add isnt paper any more, and asking is that for hear or to go. Haha
Brandan - whenever I'm in a fast food joint and they ask "Is that for here or to go", I always answer, "It's to go here". Usually they look like a deer in headlights.

http://steelkaleidoscopes.typepad.co...d/deer_370.gif

rainmaker Sat Nov 17, 2007 05:45pm
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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
Brandan - whenever I'm in a fast food joint and they ask "Is that for here or to go", I always answer, "It's to go here". Usually they look like a deer in headlights.
You have that effect on a lot of people, not just in the fast food places!

Mark Padgett Sat Nov 17, 2007 05:48pm
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Originally Posted by rainmaker
You have that effect on a lot of people, not just in the fast food places!
Actually, Juulie, that's a picture of Bruce after working three games with ABC. :p


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