I'll probably be in a "foul" mood tonight

[Mark Padgett]

5th grade boys later tonight. I've had one of the teams a few times already this season. They like to foul. I mean - really like to! They probably average about two or three of their players fouling out each game. I had one of their games in which five of them fouled out. They just don't care and sometimes laugh about it. At least the fouls are usually not intentional, and I haven't had any flagrants by them.

The worst part is that their coach doesn't seem to try to instruct them on what they're doing wrong. He just tells them things like "nice try" and "good hustle".

Oh yeah - my partner for tonight's game loves to call games really tight. This might take a while.