Hey, if you guys need more officials, I'm free most of this weekend :D.

Mark: You really should consider joining our association. You can work as much or as little as you want to. We have a few officials that are still in college. I think you said one time that you did not have a car, but if you do, check us out at http://www.cboa.org.

Looking forward to this weekend. I have worked the Sparks and Flames before (if my memory is still good) and enjoyed the games.

Going back to your games on 27/28 April, what times were your games? Just curious who the officials were. I can go back to our web site and see who they were.

Friday 8 PM, Saturday 6 PM, Sunday 10 AM. I'll let you guess who the issue was with :)

Hawks Coach:

Not to beat a dead horse, but you have piqued my interest. I know the 12 officials for all 6 games, by day, and I know at Fairfax, they divide the main gym into court #1 and court #2 (usually side by side). Can you (or better yet will you), tell me which day and court #? I don't plan to say anything to the officials, but I am really curious. I'll make it easy for you:

Friday: officials were white/black and black/black
Saturday: officials were black/white and white/asian
Sunday: officals were white/black and black/black

If you choose not to answer, no problem. Good luck this weekend.

dblref
We lost on saturday, didn't bother with the 1.5 hour trip on sunday - took a day of golf and (unfortunately) that four-letter word that starts with W! Our sister team (and archrivals) won the 12B bracket - who won the 12A championship game you reffed? Was it worth it? I saw a couple of good 12A games on Saturday.

"Wife"? :D

Chuck

Close enuff - that 4-letter W always conjures up another, less desirable one :D

Had the MD. Sparks vs Fairfax Stars. Good game won by Fairfax Stars. Sparks jumped to a 12-13 point lead, but Stars caught them by halftime. Second half was nip and tuck with neither team having more than a 5 point lead. Game was tied with 1:20 left, Stars went up 4 and Sparks had to foul(double bonus both ways). Game came down to Stars shooting F/T's well. Really enjoyed the game.

The game before mine was really close (can't remember the teams, but should be on the web page). Winning team was dressed in black and had a point guard (#11 - Collier) that was one heck of a ball handler -- best player on the court by far.

My first game at Jefferson on Saturday night was a 30 point blowout won by DC Panthers(?). Kara Lawson's sister plays on that team and plays HS ball at West Potomac. Kara plays at Tenn. 2nd. game was a forfeit -- don't know why, but I didn't complain. See you on the court sometime.

You'll see more of Camille Collier - she's a heck of a bball player, and allegedly even better at soccer. She got an offer from our A team but stayed B because of WAGS soccer commitments. That was our fellow Flames team you saw, taking a very skilled Beltway Lady Cougars.

Didn't see the Sparks, but Fairfax had a good guard as well - #15. Thought she was a pretty special player too.

I was impressed with #15 also, good at taking it to the hole. I believe she was high scorer for the game. The Sparks also had a pretty good player (#3), but late in the 2nd half with Sparks down by 6 or 7, she started arguing with some of her team mates because they were not playing as hard as she was. Her coach pulled her immediately and she sat for about 3 minutes and came back. She scored 5 in a row to pull them back within 1 and they eventually lost because of Stars F/T shooting.

Overall, the coachin was pretty good although I did see a coach receive 3 T's at the end of the first half in a game at Jefferson on Saturday. Physical game with double bonus both ways and as the Vogues coach (sort of vocal in the last couple of minutes) was walking across the floor at halftime, he said something to the effect that "this is just pitiful". Official whacked him, coach said he was talking to his players (about 10 feet in front of him). Official said you were looking at me when you said it, and coach said "this is F'ing B/S", second whack and ejection. Coach turned to other official and said you need to do something about your partner, first official gave him the 3rd whack.

My friend was the first official and after the coach left, my friend said that the coach was vocal the whole game and he had told him that he didn't want to hear about it any more. I asked him why he didn't whack the coach earlier if he was continually questioning everything. He said he thought the coach might stop. Don't think so. IMHO, it never should have gotten this out of hand, but it wasn't my game and I did not see all of the first half, only saw the last 5 or 6 minutes. Hated to see something like this happen.

Sorry for the long post, but just found this interesting.

Sounds like the 3rd T was just piling on for no real reason. The same guy whacked him 3 times in 20 seconds? The third one sounds a little thin-skinned. IMHO he should have let partner give the third if necessary, especially since last comment was directed toward second offical (even if it was about the first one). Since they just ejected him with two quick Ts anyway, first official should have let the last comment pass (it isn't the worst I have heard, and not on the level of the other things he said). At that point, just allow the second official to step in, point him toward the nearest exit and say something like, "Coach, you are no longer involved in this game. You already have two technicals. You need to leave now." One official giving out three quick Ts begins to sound like a personal battle.

Without being there, I think I have to agree with HawkCoach. I've never even given a second T to a coach, let alone a 3rd. But in that situation, if the coach is walking out and isn't cursing or doing something blatently outrageous, I think I would just let him have his little say and then be gone.

Of course, if he is cursing up a storm for all to hear, then you probably have justification for another T; but it doesn't sound like that's what happened in this case. Just my $.02

Chuck

Actually guys, I don't think the first T should have been given. I think the official (and he is a veteran), should have basically ignored the coach as the coach was leaving the bench area and following his team. O.K., the coach should not have said anything, but it wasn't that bad (at least to me). I think it could have been handled much easier and the coach would have been there for the 2nd half. The "f'ing b/s" comment was anger at being assessed what he thought was an unwarranted T. The coach could/should have handled that better. I have given the 2nd of 2 before, but I have never given 3 and I hope like h*ll I never do. As I said, just an ugly situation all around and did not do anything to make the 2nd half much fun for the team or I suspect, for the officials.