3 seconds....THREE SECONDS!!!

[eg-italy]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I'm always amused at the fans who don't understand the nuance of the rule. Like last night when the ball was being shot, rebounded, shot, rebounded....some joker is SCREAMING at the top of his lungs how we apparently can't count to 3. Girls assistant coach thinks the semicircle above the 3 point line is part of the lane. Another fan wants 3 seconds cause "she was in the lane six seconds" even though the ball was never even in the frontcourt for 3.

Just today: team B steals the ball in their backcourt; B1 dribbles towards their frontcourt, but loses the ball just after having crossed the division line; A1 catches the ball and immediately passes it to A2 who was still in the paint; A2 is guarded by B2, so he passes the ball out to a teammate who shots and scores.

"Three seconds! He has been in the paint for a long time!" a person screams and repeats it many times.

Unfortunately he was not in the bleachers, but in front of a bench; yes, he was team B's coach. Even forgetting that the ball acquired frontcourt status only when A2 touched it, the entire play by team A was not more that a couple of seconds long.

The young officials I was assisting did not T the coach. They T'd him later.

Nice tourney (thirteen year old boys), good basketball, fairly good officiating by 16-18 year old officials (with instructors to assist them from the table, talking with them during time-outs). And there were interesting conversations with coaches about basketball officiating: many of them were eager to know from us what we are saying to the officials and to discuss calls in a friendly manner. Maybe sometimes first with a complaint, but usually understanding the explanations we instructors gave, even during play.

Ciao

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by eg-italy

"Three seconds! He has been in the paint for a long time!" a person screams and repeats it many times.

My personal favorite reply to this kind of a statement by a coach: "Coach, that wasn't three seconds even in dog years."

All of you have my permission to use it. I own the copyright.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

"Coach, that wasn't three seconds even in dog years." All of you have my permission to use it. I own the copyright.

Not enough. We need your expressed written permission. A lawsuit waiting to happen.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Not enough. We need your expressed written permission. A lawsuit waiting to happen.

Sorry, the word you're looking for in this context is the (somewhat archaic) adjective 'express'.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Sorry, the word you're looking for in this context is the (somewhat archaic) adjective 'express'.

Sorry. I definitely should have known that, after hearing this thousands of times in my life.

"Any rebroadcast, retransmission, or account of this game, without the express written consent of Major League Baseball, is prohibited,"

MLB Won't Give Me Permission To Describe Game To Friend - The Consumerist

[26 Year Gap]

I had a game with some lady constantly screaming about calls made or not made. I figured she wasn't a very good official, though, as she never hollered '3 seconds' a single time.

[26 Year Gap]

A fan at the tournament yesterday got escorted out of the gym when he stepped onto the court and held out his glasses for the official. He had been a PITA on Monday, too. Today, he had laryngitis.

[Upward ref]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

A fan at the tournament yesterday got escorted out of the gym when he stepped onto the court and held out his glasses for the official. He had been a PITA on Monday, too. Today, he had laryngitis.

Was tempted to offer my glasses to the opposition fans last night every time they hollered junk at the ref's. Since my 9 yr old was with me i didn't . He noticed them as well and referred to them as "rubes" ! My luck ,they would have given me the snappy comeback from the other forum : " Why take them ,they're not doing you any good ! "