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Old Tue Jun 23, 2009, 05:00am
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This might be fun!

You get one of these 9-10 year old games where the parents are just a bunch of Freaking Nuts! The kind where they yell something every single time down the court. You hear 3 seconds, travelling, foul, general moaning and crying every single trip downcourt.

Wouldn't it be kind of funny to just call something every time a parent or coach yells something? You hear "travel"...blow the whistle...."travelling"! Every time somebody yells 3 seconds.....blow the whistle..."3 seconds!"


Imagine how long and boring the game would be! Sometimes I think the parents deserve a game like that to see how ignorant they sound!

Can't do it to the kids though.......!
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Old Tue Jun 23, 2009, 09:29am
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Let me guess...AAU Summer tournament?
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Old Tue Jun 23, 2009, 01:01pm
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Wouldn't it be kind of funny to just call something every time a parent or coach yells something? You hear "travel"...blow the whistle...."travelling"! Every time somebody yells 3 seconds.....blow the whistle..."3 seconds!"

Imagine how long and boring the game would be! Sometimes I think the parents deserve a game like that to see how ignorant they sound!
Wonder if this wouldn't have an opposite effect...you know, the parents b**ching after the game it took so long they lost their reservation at the local pizza parlor and now have to scramble to find some other place to eat. Or even, the parents hyperb**ching that we're OOO for calling everything.
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Old Fri Jun 26, 2009, 02:56am
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It's the old "LET THEM PLAY".....followed by "SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET HURT OUT THERE IF YOU DON'T CALL SOMETHING!"....You can't win!
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Old Fri Jun 26, 2009, 02:58am
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If somebody yells, "Let them Play"......go about 3 minutes and call nothing except out of bounds calls....let everything be a no-call...then say, "you said to let them play"...what more can I do? You asked for fouls and travels and 3 seconds...I called all of them...now you want to let them play.....what do I do here?.............NOW SHUT UP !!!! (I wish I could say that sometimes!)
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Old Fri Jun 26, 2009, 02:59am
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Let me guess...AAU Summer tournament?
Similar tournament! You know the kind!
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Try this. A few years ago, I did this in a kids game. Whenever someone in the stands yelled a stupid comment regarding rules, I yelled back, "THAT'S ONE", then "TWO', then "THREE" and so on. At halftime I was up to "TWENTY-FOUR". During that break, I addressed the bleachers and said, "If your wondering why I'm yelling out numbers, I'm counting the number of comments I hear from people who obviously don't know the rules. I hope we can get to 35, since that would be a new record. Thanks for all your help so far."

Amazingly (or not), I heard about 4 or 5 more.

Believe it or not, after I addressed the crowd, my partner asked me if the record was really 35, because he's had games with lots more than that. The weird thing is, I wasn't sure he was kidding.
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Old Fri Jun 26, 2009, 11:56am
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Try this.

One.

(I wish I had known this technique 10 years ago. We'd be up over 8700 by now.)
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Old Fri Jun 26, 2009, 12:01pm
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One.

(I wish I had known this technique 10 years ago. We'd be up over 8700 by now.)
More like 8900
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Old Fri Jun 26, 2009, 01:03pm
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One.

(I wish I had known this technique 10 years ago. We'd be up over 8700 by now.)
A smiley face would have been nice. If you really think my posts are a waste of time and space, I can leave.

And no, I'm not trying to start a pity party.
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Old Fri Jun 26, 2009, 01:55pm
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A smiley face would have been nice. If you really think my posts are a waste of time and space, I can leave.

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Old Sat Jun 27, 2009, 12:07pm
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Mark Twain quoted, and Skippy Weaselpants mentioned in the same posting. Armaggedon must be upon us!
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Old Wed Jul 01, 2009, 10:05pm
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You get one of these 9-10 year old games where the parents are just a bunch of Freaking Nuts! The kind where they yell something every single time down the court. You hear 3 seconds, travelling, foul, general moaning and crying every single trip downcourt.

Wouldn't it be kind of funny to just call something every time a parent or coach yells something? You hear "travel"...blow the whistle...."travelling"! Every time somebody yells 3 seconds.....blow the whistle..."3 seconds!"


Imagine how long and boring the game would be! Sometimes I think the parents deserve a game like that to see how ignorant they sound!

Can't do it to the kids though.......!
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