Jr. High Coach = 1st toss for me.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by inigo montoya

Just out of curiosity, when there is a prayer offered before a game... what do you all do? Bow your heads out of respect or to join in? Continue to watch the benches?

Usually, I bow my head and recite the sh'ma to myself. The only thing I regret when I do this is that my head is uncovered but I figure the big guy upstairs will understand, given the circumstances.

And no - I am not joking.

[justacoach]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Usually, I bow my head and recite the sh'ma to myself. The only thing I regret when I do this is that my head is uncovered but I figure the big guy upstairs will understand, given the circumstances.

And no - I am not joking.

Do you dav'n as well??? That'll really get them going.....

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by msavakinas

Mark Padgett is jewish? I did not see this one coming...

Yeah, he doesn't sound Jewish, does he?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by msavakinas

Mark Padgett is jewish? I did not see this one coming...

I was just getting ready to ask if there were any jewish referees and what they did during that time... Thanks for answering my question before I even asked it.

Something wrong with the upper case "J" on your keyboard?

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Something wrong with the upper case "J" on your keyboard?

Most keyboards only have one 'J'. There usually are are "Shift" and "Caps Lock" buttons which control whether each individual letter is displayed as either a capital or lower case letter.

So my guess would be no, there was nothing wrong with the keyboard. The poster just did not choose to capitalize the 'J'.

[bigdog5142]

I am a youth pastor and an official. I feel like I need to apologize for so many coaches at Christian schools...their conduct "should" be better, but is often-times worse than public schools. It's one thing to talk to the officials and even disagree strongly, but they cross the line so very often. I actually have less trouble with public school coaches than I have with Christian school coaches...

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by bigdog5142

I am a youth pastor and an official. I feel like I need to apologize for so many coaches at Christian schools...their conduct "should" be better, but is often-times worse than public schools. It's one thing to talk to the officials and even disagree strongly, but they cross the line so very often. I actually have less trouble with public school coaches than I have with Christian school coaches...

And don't get me started on church league.

[26 Year Gap]

Worst coach I had to deal with in AAU this past year is a Gideon.

[bigdog5142]

I know...I HATE doing church leagues!

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Worst coach I had to deal with in AAU this past year is a Gideon.

Worst coach I had this year so far is a Fred, I think. Or maybe he was a Steve? I forget.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by LDUB

So my guess would be no, there was nothing wrong with the keyboard. The poster just did not choose to capitalize the 'J'.

That was my point. Duh.