A Tale of Two Ugly Games

[Welpe]

Disclaimer: This post is primarily me venting.

I had a couple of freshman boys games yesterday that were...interesting. Lots of ugly play, lots of fouls, lots of chirping going on.

In the first game, the home team is up by 20 after the first quarter. My partner ended up warning the visiting team head coach for chirping about calls in the second quarter. Evidently the coach didn't appreciate that much because my wife (who came to observe the fun) told me he mentioned something about wanting to punch both of us refs in the mouth. He didn't complain very much the rest of the game though.

I T'd up a visiting player in the fourth quarter for voicing his disapproval after I passed on incidental contact against him while he was shooting. His mom in the stands had quite a mouth, too. We passed on T'ing up another visiting player for slapping the floor in disgust after I called a foul against him. My partner did have a word with him though.

The second game started off with the promise that it might be a cleaner game. That was fairly short lived.

There was a play where a home team player went up for an outside shot and leaned into the defender a bit. The defender was completely vertical, playing good defense. The shot missed and went out of bounds. The home team coach screams at me "Why wasn't that a foul?!" I calmly told him "The defender was straight up coach. Your shooter initiated contact with..."

The coach doesn't let me finish, and gives me a disgusted, dismissive wave similar to what I would've expected from one of his teenagers. I paused for a second, thought about it and whacked him. My partner informs him he must sit, we administer the free throws and the chirping drops way down from both benches and the home team actually started playing a better game after that. Go figure.

At half-time, I was second guessing myself a bit for having whacked him but after reflecting back on the way the chirping and complaining went down after the fact, I think it was the right move.

What a way to come back from vacation. Gotta love district play.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Welpe

I had a couple of freshman boys games yesterday that were...interesting. Lots of ugly play, lots of fouls, lots of chirping going on.

Seems pretty standard to me!

[AKOFL]

Jogged my memory. My wife attended a game with me one time and sat right behind the home team bench. This coach had never seen me before so naturaly i was his go to guy when his team couldn't get things done. I finaly told him that was enough and he stoped chirping at me. After the game my wife informes me of all the things he was saying to the crowd behing the bench about me. So the next time i was at his gym he was sitting in the stands durring the jv boys game. before the game i went over and talked with him. He started smiling and shook my hand, playing buddy buddy. I told him my wife had been sitting behind him at the last game and related to me all of his choice words about me. His face went white. I continued being smiley and friendly and told him he might want to think about that durring his varsity game that I would be running next. It was priceless. we are on the same page now and I have not had a problem with him scince.

[ref3808]

Hell she'll probably agree with the coach.

[biggravy]

Had similar interesting, ugly games last night and I set a new record.

GV whacked a coach w/ 6:45 on the clock, 1st quarter. Not chirping but yelling from the tip. Called my 2nd foul (crew's 3rd) at 7:15 and went to report. He was 6' on the court and said 'it's about time you call a foul'. Lol. I passed. "That's enough coach". 30 seconds and two fouls later he is 6' on the court and yells 'there not gonna call any fouls tonight girls just run over them'. WHACK. A new record.

It didn't get any better. In at 6, out at 9:30. GV and BV.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by biggravy

It didn't get any better. In at 6, out at 9:30. GV and BV.

That didn't quiet down the coach? Or the fouls continued?