Coach says thank you.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

I remember watching a HS girls conference championship game where the final was like 95-20, and that was after it was 60-5 at the half. The winning team was hellbent on getting to 100, but their AD went over and told the coach to chill it out a bit in the 2nd half.

I had one of these a couple of years ago. Very small, rural school playing an even very smaller school. Rabid hometown crowd. Very lopsided score. Home team decided to run the score up and see if they could reach 100. Unfortunately there was no level-headed AD to reel them back in.

At a time out late in the 4th, when the HT was about 95 points, I said to my partner, "They're not getting to a hundred. We'll "find" a travel if we have to." He agreed. Fortunately the last drive of the game, that could have given them 100, the kid did travel.

I got a quiet "thank you" from the VT coach for that.

(Alright, all you purists can commence flaming me now )