A ten second five second count?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

After the game (which team A won by about 25) when I was at the table getting things set up for the next game, Coach B came over and asked me the one question that almost makes me puke, "Are you sure?" My reply was "What do you think, coach - we just make this up as we go along?"

And if his response is something like "Why not? After watching you officiate, it looks like you make up a helluva lot of calls as you go along", you now can't do a damn thing about it imo. Your smart-azz response leave you open for a counter-response...a response that you might not like. It's kinda tough to nail somebody for doing the exact same thing that you did.

Maybe you can get away with stuff like this in low-level rec league games with daddy-coaches, but I'd be awful careful of trying it at any higher levels. And if you do, you'd better know your audience.

Again, jmo....