The game from heck
 

Last night, I worked an 8th grade boys "elite" rec game by myself. Don't ask how that happened, I can't type that much. BTW - "elite" is a term used around here to indicate the highest level of independent teams.

Anyway, I wound up ejecting two players from each team in Q1 when all four of them got into a fight that started with one of them putting such a good move on a defender that after he scored, he got up in the defenders face and beat on his own chest while yelling. I knew then that I was in for a real treat. In Q3, I ejected a head coach for throwing his clipboard onto the court in protest over a call (it was an OOB call, for gosh sake) and then after receiving my first T for doing that, he went over and slammed it on the scorers table while yelling "You gotta be kidding me". Buh-bye.

In Q4, I ejected the other team's assistant coach after he received one T for not sitting down after being warned and then he kept on standing. Go figure.

Oh yeah, I had to have the scorer replaced when he refused to record a technical foul on a player for loudly using profanity. Apparently, the player was his son and he refused to believe his son would swear! Believe it or not, I had that happen once before about 11 or 12 years ago. No, it wasn't the same guy.

The home team won by 10, I think. I wasn't really paying attention.

All things considered, it was the most fun I've had on the court in the last few weeks.

whacha got tonite?:D

Bet you can't top that one.


Last night I had opposite. 1st foul called with 2:03 remaining in 2nd Q. The second and final foul of the night called with 6.6 seconds remaining in the game. It was a 40 point blow out. Teams both in zone the entire night and played under control. I couldn't believe it. This was the most foul free game in over 25 years. It was quick!

Do you self-medicate after these games?

Elite rec? A contradiction in terms methinks.

And I hope ALL of your games tomorrow are that much fun too! :p

Also before and during.

Nothing like halftime for knocking down a quick flask. :D

I don't drink alcohol. It's all meds.

Q: What is the one game that we will never see Padgett work?
 

A: A FIBA game that goes to overtime where his partner didn't show up. :D

Nope - I actually worked that game. The final score was the Arkansas Uncledaddies 63.4, the Helena Handbaskets 47.2. The score was metric, of course, under FEEBLE rules. The OT was played in reverse so the fourth quarter was only 4 minutes long. I used an Oscar Meyer Weiner whistle that was held around my neck with a string shaped like a trapezoid and the game was played in Bananastan. I was payed 12 sheckels which translates into a buck three eighty US dollars. I gave out five technicals and three doctor referrals.

HEY - who says I can't find my meds? :o

HA!

FIBA plays 10 minute quarters! :p

Apparently, the powers that be in charge thought "elite" referred to the officiating requirements for the game. And as we all know:

Padgett is in a class by himself.

Careful, Mark doesn't understand metric.

In Banastan, they count the minutes on their toes and they only have eight of those.

Mark,
Let me guess, Ms. 48 Fouls failed to show.....