Coaches....What can you say?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

I always thought a bigamist was an Italian fog.

And "hunky-dory" is a Hungarian rowboat.....

[theboys]

Groucho Marx, pointing to two women, "I want to marry you - and you."

One of the women protests, "But, that would be bigamy!"

Groucho arches his eyebrows, and replies, "Yes. I agree. That would be very big o' me".

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by theboys

Groucho Marx, pointing to two women, "I want to marry you - and you."

One of the women protests, "But, that would be bigamy!"

Groucho arches his eyebrows, and replies, "Yes. I agree. That would be very big o' me".

Yup, you're right. Groucho Marx is worth coming out of hiding for. Welcome back!

[theboys]

Thanks, Rainmaker. I'll crawl back under my rock now.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by theboys

Thanks, Rainmaker. I'll crawl back under my rock now.

No, no, stick around. You and Catherine Aird have been much missed. ALthough we do have more reasonable coaches here than ever before. But you were one of the first. And that makes you very, very welcome.

Umm.. how's your season been? Any interesting case plays or situations?

[BillyMac]

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."

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[theboys]

Groucho's humor is timeless.

As for your question Rainmaker - and I'm sure everyone is dying to know - my 19 year-old is playing D3 ball, although he'll redshirt this year because he broke his ankle in the second week of the seaon. My nine year-old is finishing up his rec season, and getting ready to start AAU ball (yeah, at nine years old - this is his second year!). In an effort to step back, I only coach the nine year-old's rec team.

As I probably mentioned a long time ago, I find myself a lot quieter at both my son's games. Three reasons: 1) Rules knowledge, 2) I sit down, which sort of squishes my brain and numbs it, and 3) I see other people screaming, making fools of themselves, and shudder, realizing I used to do that. Coaching and fanning are a lot more fun these days without the wailing and gnashing of teeth.

I did have to ref a couple of third grade boys games (seven minute quarters, running clock) recently when a scheduling snafu resulted in us not having any refs. I gotta tell ya, reffing third grade boys is a real pain. My choice was to spend the entire game at the free throw line, or let them play. I decided to let them play. In retrospect, I'm not sure I made the right decision. Luckily, no one went to the hospital. One coach actually told me, "If you don't start calling fouls someone's going to get hurt." I almost spit my whistle out. I thought, "Hmmm, where have I heard that before?" Heck of a learning experience.