Another "to T or not to T"

[Man In Blue]

My rule of thumb is if you question wether it was a good or bad T it probably was a good call. By this point in the season your first reaction is the right one. Just like when you make a travel call. You see it you call it. The thought process is very short.

February is the time of year when all the crazy coach come out. Our jobs are as much calling the game as it is the administrative stuff.

[Mark Padgett]

"Coach - when you start counting like that it makes me lose count and I have to start over."

[IREFU2]

Originally Posted by mark padgett

"coach - when you start counting like that it makes me lose count and i have to start over."

lol!!!!!!

[fiasco]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

"Coach - when you start counting like that it makes me lose count and I have to start over."

Mark, I wish you were a tiny ref fairy I could fit in my back pocket to feed me one-liners throughout the course of a game.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by fiasco

Mark, I wish you were a tiny ref fairy I could fit in my back pocket to feed me one-liners throughout the course of a game.

Mark's posts should come with the car commercial disclaimer: Professional driver on a closed course; do not try this at home.

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Mark's posts should come with the car commercial disclaimer: Professional driver on a closed course; do not try this at home.

That one-liner does work. I've used it many times. Coaches laugh usually and stop the silliness

-Josh

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by fiasco

Mark, I wish you were a tiny ref fairy I could fit in my back pocket to feed me one-liners throughout the course of a game.

Don't worry. My book will be out soon. In fact, it will come out on tape so you can listen to it during the game with your walkman (or whatever they're selling these days - I can't keep up).

The book will be entitled : "Victims Of Abuse - The Referee Story". It's a sequel to my first book, "Coaching For Dummies".

[TrojanHorse]

Where can I get Coaching for Dummies, I will take any advice I can get.

[deecee]

The only thing i hate about this is when the coach is right about the count or a call and I make it, not because he wanted it, but because it was the right call that I was going to make anyway.

Now instead of 1 PITA (pain in the a$$) you have the potential of the other coach crying about giving his opponent a call that he wanted.

[chartrusepengui]

Originally Posted by deecee

The only thing i hate about this is when the coach is right about the count or a call and I make it, not because he wanted it, but because it was the right call that I was going to make anyway.

Now instead of 1 PITA (pain in the a$$) you have the potential of the other coach crying about giving his opponent a call that he wanted.

This is where Padgett's "Coach - when you start counting like that it makes me lose count and I have to start over." comes in and you don't make the call

[Jmuvol]

Hey Padgett...wasn't your first book "Coaching BY Dummies"?

But seriously, I have told a coach on 3 second counts that every time he yells at me, I loose count and have to start over.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by TrojanHorse

Where can I get Coaching for Dummies, I will take any advice I can get.

Just send me your debit card number and PIN. If you actually do that, then this is the right book for you.

[TrojanHorse]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Just send me your debit card number and PIN. If you actually do that, then this is the right book for you.

I think you need to come down here and give a clinic, people here take Basketball way too seriously. You and everyone here seem to have the right perspective about what high school and middle school athletics is all about. To many people get too wrapped up in this.

[bigdogrunnin]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

"Coach - when you start counting like that it makes me lose count and I have to start over."

Ding, Ding, Ding!!!! We have a winner . . .

I would just like to point out that I said the same thing on THIS thread, but I got no love. I'm crushed . . .