Timeout to vent - among other things

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

That's ridiculous Tom. I see no value to allowing coaches to rate and post comments like that. If they're going to be allowed to do that, there should be a time frame imposed - like they can't rate/post comments for the first 48 hours after the game. I know the previous HS assignor around here did not take calls from coaches/AD's until a full 24 hours had passed - so the coaches had to go to another practice or game and couldn't just vent in the heat of the moment after the game ended. An assignor I work for now allows coaches to send in game reports immediately - so I had a game last year where the assignor called me before I was out of the locker room and had a game report in hand - the coach e-mailed it in within 5 min. of the game ending. Ridiculous.

And btw - just to reinforce you (which I know you don't need) - that coach is a grade A a$$-hole.

Rocky Road:

You would just love it here in Ohio. While all of the leagues and conferences have assignors. The coaches tell the assignors who they can have on their staffs. It only takes one coach to black ball and that official will not work in that league. The coaches also rate the officials and these ratings determine who officiate in the tournament. And I am not done yet: An official has to ask coaches to recommend him to the league/conference assignor.

I hope you didn't hurt yourself when you fell out of your chair because you were laughing so hard.

MTD, Sr.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Rocky Road:

You would just love it here in Ohio. While all of the leagues and conferences have assignors. The coaches tell the assignors who they can have on their staffs. It only takes one coach to black ball and that official will not work in that league. The coaches also rate the officials and these ratings determine who officiate in the tournament. And I am not done yet: An official has to ask coaches to recommend him to the league/conference assignor.

I hope you didn't hurt yourself when you fell out of your chair because you were laughing so hard.

MTD, Sr.

Are you serious??? Who hires the assignors? Do the assignors have any - as the Jurassic one is fond of saying - stones???

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Are you serious??? Who hires the assignors? Do the assignors have any - as the Jurassic one is fond of saying - stones???

The member schools (principals and AD's) of the league/conference hire the assignors. If the assignors do not do as they are told by the league they won't be the assignor anymore in most cases.

MTD, Sr.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Are you serious??? Who hires the assignors? Do the assignors have any - as the Jurassic one is fond of saying - stones???

Or are they just a bunch of octopi? (What is the collective for octopus?)

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Or are they just a bunch of octopi? (What is the collective for octopus?)

Octopussi?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Octopussi?

I don't mean the plural. I know that.

I mean the word that refers to a "group" of octopuses.

(e.g., herd of cows, flock of birds, pod of whales, ...)

[mbyron]

Bob: octopuses are solitary animals, and so a collective term would be otiose.

You're free to make one up if you wish: perhaps an "orgulous of octopuses"?

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

I don't mean the plural. I know that.

I mean the word that refers to a "group" of octopuses.

(e.g., herd of cows, flock of birds, pod of whales, ...)

I think the term is buncha. If there's a lot of them then it's a sh1tload. But as mbyron points out they are not very sociable creatures so at best you'll just see a buncha octopus, it is rare to see a sh1tload.

and btw, a group of squid is called an appetizer.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

I think the term is buncha. If there's a lot of them then it's a sh1tload. But as mbyron points out they are not very sociable creatures so at best you'll just see a buncha octopus, it is rare to see a sh1tload.

and btw, a group of squid is called an appetizer.

...unless it's with a group of scallops and a group of crabs and then it's called a combo platter.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

I don't mean the plural. I know that.

I mean the word that refers to a "group" of octopuses.

(e.g., herd of cows, flock of birds, pod of whales, ...)

Depending on the size of the group, it would be either a bunch, or a whole bunch. I think this is a Southern thing.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Depending on the size of the group, it would be either a bunch, or a whole bunch. I think this is a Southern thing.

So a "bunch" by itself is incomplete? Must be kinda like "ya'll" and "all ya'll"

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Octopussi?

I liked that one. But Golden Eye is still my favorite.