Haven't heard this one before

[representing]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Three 8th grade tournament games yesterday with teams from all over the Pacific Northwest. Game two was between two teams from the Seattle area. Why they had to drive down to Portland to play each other I'll never know.

Anyway, middle of Q2, some moron in the bleachers yells at my partner during a timeout, "You couldn't ref your way out of a paper bag".

I'm still puzzling over that one. Maybe it's a "Seattle thing".

I hope that was followed with an ejection if it was blatantly loud

[Adam]

Originally Posted by representing

I hope that was followed with an ejection if it was blatantly loud

You're kidding, right?

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by representing

I hope that was followed with an ejection if it was blatantly loud

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

You're kidding, right?

I hope he is... but I don't think he is kidding.

[Adam]

I'm hoping that either he's kidding or he misread the OP and thought it was a coach who said it.

[representing]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I'm hoping that either he's kidding or he misread the OP and thought it was a coach who said it.

ah hell, I did misread it. Did think it was a coach. My bad, thanks for correcting me.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by representing

ah hell, I did misread it. Did think it was a coach. My bad, thanks for correcting me.

That was my first assumption. LMAO!

[Mark Padgett]

Actually, some of the spectators were abusive toward the referees (including guys who worked games before me and next to me) and sometimes profanity was used (including the F word). Unfortunately, there's really no game management personnel at this facility to take care of stuff like this. It seems that, although this facility is non-profit, they don't want to take the chance of losing any paying spectators from returning and possibly have teams not sign up to play there in these "tournaments" because some kid's dad got tossed from a game.

I'm seriously considering not working there anymore when I balance the abuse we get vs. the relatively low pay scale there. It's too bad because I like to support community venues and programs like theirs - but there's enough games out there.

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by representing

ah hell, I did misread it. Did think it was a coach. My bad, thanks for correcting me.

It happens.

Even if a coach did say "You couldn't ref your way out of a paper bag" I wouldn't eject for just that... I would probably be laughing on the inside then whack the coach, but not eject.