Coach Citing the Foul Counts

[pizanno]

I recently had this exchange:

Coach: "Your last four fouls have been against us"

Me: "Are you asking me to ignore fouls that I see?"

Coach: "I'm just wondering why all your fouls are against us?"

Me: "Believe it or not, I don't keep track. Just call them as they come"

Coach: "Fair enough"

This wasn't one of my "stock" responses, but since I was familiar with the coach, I felt I had some latittude and that's what came out of my mouth. Thought I might try it on another coach, but wondered if it sounded "smart*ss"?.

Stock responses include:

"I hear you coach"
"We'll look at it coach"
"Do you have a question, coach?"