Funny things you hear from coaches and your partners..........

[hoosierref]

Player: "But I did not hold or pull on his jersey!"

Me: "So that number in your hand just jumped off his uniform?"

[Mark Padgett]

Best one from a partner all season, and she is a HS senior working a rec game with me just last week:

Coach: (after a game in which only 5 fouls were called) "No fouls? We took a lot of elbows out there."

Partner: "Well you'd better give them back. We can't have kids going around without elbows!"

[Overnbach]

Someone here can probably tell me where this came from. As I recall the story, there was a foul called on A1 just seconds after the game started. Coach B said, "Thanks, he's been doing that all night!"

Still makes me chuckle, years after I first heard it.

[just another ref]

During the pregame conference I always say something about when the timeout request by the coach will be granted. "I have to see that it's you making the request or I have to be able to recognize your voice, at least." Early in the game, home coach bellowed out some little silly observation about a call. I gave him an inquiring look and he said, "Wanted to be sure you were able to recognize my voice."

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by just another ref

During the pregame conference I always say something about when the timeout request by the coach will be granted. "I have to see that it's you making the request or I have to be able to recognize your voice, at least." Early in the game, home coach bellowed out some little silly observation about a call. I gave him an inquiring look and he said, "Wanted to be sure you were able to recognize my voice."

That's pretty canny!

[Coach Bill]

Had one this afternoon:

Coach Bill: How can you call three seconds right after he got his shot blocked?
Ref: His shot didn't hit the rim.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Coach Bill

Had one this afternoon:

Coach Bill: How can you call three seconds right after he got his shot blocked?
Ref: His shot didn't hit the rim.

Ouch! Sorry, coach. That one hurts.

[Brad]

Originally Posted by Coach Bill

Had one this afternoon:

Coach Bill: How can you call three seconds right after he got his shot blocked?
Ref: His shot didn't hit the rim.

What am I missing here? You can't have 3-seconds after a try -- shot blocked or not.

[Oz Referee]

Originally Posted by Coach Bill

Had one this afternoon:

Coach Bill: How can you call three seconds right after he got his shot blocked?
Ref: His shot didn't hit the rim.

This is obviously another difference with FIBA - the 3 second count restarts when a shot is attempted. The referee makes a judgement on whether a throw is an attempt or not, it doesn't matter if it hits the ring (although it must hit the ring to restart the shot clock).

Woops....should have read the other posts first........

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

That's pretty canny!

As canny as this?