Why officials are idiots.

[A Pennsylvania Coach]

Originally posted by chayce
In a 15U AAU tourney this weekend, I did something I have never done before. Team A is up by 30 and has been pressing the whole game. There is 2:30 left and the two coaches have been whining at each other a bit during the game. Team B's coach is upset with Team A's coach and says something to Coach A. Coach A retaliates by taking a timeout, reinserting his starters and continuing to press. I then proceeded to whack Coach A with a technical foul for unsportsmanlike conduct. He whines and shuts up when informed that another T means he won't be coaching the rest of the weekend. Both coaches got the point! Anybody else with similar circumstances?

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by A Pennsylvania Coach

LOL! Very good!

[rainmaker]

PA Coach --

Okay, okay, chayce got his reprimand, why rub it in? Considering that at least 15 different refs have checked in with disapproval of what chayce did, I don't think a generalization such as yours is applicable in the same way that "coaches are idiots" is true.

You know as well as the rest of us that your kind of coaching is virtually unique. I think we should come up with a different word to describe the job you do, so that we can call you, like "saint", or "mensch", and you will know that the word, "coach" doesn't apply to you. I'm tempted to move to PA just so I can work your games.

And speaking of mutant coaches who actually respect refs and treat them appropriately, where is Hawks Coach, and what's he up to? Had a busy AAU season, maybe? With some trophies, maybe? or what?

[A Pennsylvania Coach]

Originally posted by rainmaker
PA Coach --

Okay, okay, chayce got his reprimand, why rub it in?

Because seeing the post titled "Why coaches are idiots." is driving me crazy. Even if MTDNSr wrote it.

Speaking of Senior, here is a funny off-topic story. Here at work we have a co-ed softball team. Last year, one guy played on the team named Hank, and his dad, Hank, came to the games, coached a base, and pinch-hit once in a while. We started calling the younger Hank "Junior", but one night they corrected us. Just the other night, somebody who knows them told us the whole story. Seems the older is named Junior. And when the older had a son, he wanted to pass on the family name. However, he apparently had never heard of III (the 3rd), so he just STARTED OVER AGAIN AND NAMED HIS KID HANK SENIOR.

That's right, the dad is Junior and the kid is Senior.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by A Pennsylvania Coach
Seems the older is named Junior. And when the older had a son, he wanted to pass on the family name. However, he apparently had never heard of III (the 3rd), so he just STARTED OVER AGAIN AND NAMED HIS KID HANK SENIOR.

That's right, the dad is Junior and the kid is Senior. [/B]

Here's a better one for you.MTD Sr. named himself "Senior",and his dad's name is "Hank".
Would I lie to you?

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

Here's a better one for you.MTD Sr. named himself "Senior",and his dad's name is "Hank".
Would I lie to you? [/B]

"Hey Vinny, yeah, it's me. What's the over-under on these
posts getting yanked? 20 minutes? OK, put me down for
under."

[BktBallRef]

Originally posted by Dan_ref

"Hey Vinny, yeah, it's me. What's the over-under on these
posts getting yanked? 20 minutes? OK, put me down for
under."


[/B]

They must not be yanking posts anymore or surely I would've been called to the principal's office by now!

[Jerry]

Speaking of Hank, Jr., Hank, Sr., Hank III, etc. . . . you've heard the one about the Redneck woman who named all of her 10 sons, Willie? A city-slicker once asked her, "What if you only want to call one of them." "Oh", she replied, "Then I just call him by his last name."

[Mark Padgett]

Originally posted by Jerry
Speaking of Hank, Jr., Hank, Sr., Hank III, etc. . . . you've heard the one about the Redneck woman who named all of her 10 sons, Willie? A city-slicker once asked her, "What if you only want to call one of them." "Oh", she replied, "Then I just call him by his last name."

That's like the guy who had a set of twins. When someone asked him how he tells them apart he replied, "Oh, the boy's taller."

[Mark Padgett]

.....of posts being yanked, and these kind of jokes, here's one of my favorites (apologies to Juulie).

Three guys were in the waiting room at the maternity ward.

The first one said, "I have four boys. If I have one more boy I'll have a basketball team."

The second one said, "I have eight boys. If I have one more boy I'll have a baseball team."

The third one said, "I have seventeen girls. If I have one more girl I'll have a golf course."

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by Mark Padgett
.....of posts being yanked, and these kind of jokes, here's one of my favorites (apologies to Juulie).

Three guys were in the waiting room at the maternity ward.

The first one said, "I have four boys. If I have one more boy I'll have a basketball team."

The second one said, "I have eight boys. If I have one more boy I'll have a baseball team."

The third one said, "I have seventeen girls. If I have one more girl I'll have a golf course."

[ChuckElias]

Again, returning to the original topic , there was a story on ESPN.com a few months ago about a referee in a professional soccer match in England. He was working a game in which the score was something like 11-0. Near the end of the game, he intentionally kicked a live ball into the net, scoring a goal for the losing team. His rationale was that he didn't want the losing team to be totally demoralized by being shut out by such a large margin. The league suspended him, but I don't remember if they fired him or not.

Chuck

[BktBallRef]

So, it's not demoralizing to have a ref score your only goal?

[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by Mark Padgett
The third one said, "I have seventeen girls. If I have one more girl I'll have a golf course."

I think that's supposed to be "... eight girls ..."

[Jerry]

Bob,
Maybe you're thinking of a miniature golf course.

Jerry