OT - Funny stuff

[Mark Padgett]

Since we're in the off season, I thought a fun thread to have would be for us to share some of the funniest things we've ever seen happen in our games. I could probably list a ton of them, but I'll start with just this one.

MS boys game. Prior to the game, a player comes over to me and asks if he has to remove his nipple rings. At first I thought he was kidding, but he was serious. I said, "Uh, yeah". He turned toward his coach and told him he had to go to the locker room for a few minutes. My partner said to me, "Gee, how would you like to be his dad?" I replied, "Uh, no."

[Indianaref]

Years ago, I was doing a rec league game and former NBA player Maurice Lucas' oldest son, Maurice Jr. (Reece) was in the game. Maurice was watching from right next to the bench.

The other team was shooting a two shot foul. After the first shot, which missed, Reece jumped into the lane, leaped up and "ripped down" the rebound, yelling as he did it. He then stood there with the ball while he realized there was another shot.

Maurice yelled from the seats, "Reece, get your head in the game." Reece looked real sheepish as he handed the ball to my partner. Maurice then said, "nice board, though".

Here's another one: prior to a game, I noticed the center for one of the teams (girls varsity level) was wearing her watch. I told her to remove it. She walked over to the stands and handed it to her dad, who was sitting a few rows up.

During the first quarter, my partner and I called her for 3 seconds at least four times. After the fourth, her dad yelled, "let her put her watch back on".

[grunewar]

These are from several yrs back and both Rec Games:

Halftime, B12:

As I'm leaving the court, A Coach comes up and says, "Ref, you gotta watch B5. When he sets his screens, he jumps into the player and hooks his arm and has a tendency to hold."

I said, "I haven't noticed it coach, but I'll keep an eye out."

He says, "Seriously, he does it all the time. I know, I taught him last year when he played for me..... He's crafty about it too."


and,


B13U:

W41 comes off the bench and I call three fouls on him in about four minutes! He doesn't appear to be a bad kid, just a bit too aggressive and out of control at times (IMO).

As I’m reporting his third foul, he walks by me up to his coach and says, “Coach, I need to come out. I’m in foul trouble.”

At which point, I say, “You don’t need to come out son. You need to stop fouling.”

The coach left him in. Interestingly enough, I can’t recall calling another foul on him the rest of the game……

[bainsey]

Different sport, but this was only three days ago, so I'm going with it.

U-14 soccer, Team A is up 7-0 with about five minutes left, when Team B finally scores.

Now only up six goals late in the game, a Team A midfielder cries, "Come on, guys! We can still win this!"

[Adam]

Two years ago, JVG game. Visiting team has the ball with about a minute left in the half. They go through a sequence of about 3 or 4 offensive rebounds, and a home team Dad yells "Three seconds!" Right after he yelled it, a home team girl got the rebound, turned, and launched a very short full court shot attempt with about 50 seconds left in the half.

The other parents were giving dad a hard time the rest of the game.

A few years ago working an early season JVB game. V1 catches the ball off balance, with his feet in the air, and proceeds to land on his can. I call the travel. V coach, who had previously taken both boys and girls teams to state finals at the varsity level, tells me (I'm on the endline near his bench) that the butt cheek is the pivot. I laughed (seriously thought he was joking), and he said, "I'm serious, the cheek becomes the pivot." I later found out he was an official for a time.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

A few years ago working an early season JVB game. V1 catches the ball off balance, with his feet in the air, and proceeds to land on his can. I call the travel. V coach, who had previously taken both boys and girls teams to state finals at the varsity level, tells me (I'm on the endline near his bench) that the butt cheek is the pivot. I laughed (seriously thought he was joking), and he said, "I'm serious, the cheek becomes the pivot." I later found out he was an official for a time.

Is this the origin of the infamous "pivot cheek?"

[REFANDUMP]

I've got a personal favorite. I was working a sophomore game and called a foul on a visiting player. A fan of the visiting team yells from the stands "That was a horrible call (after a short pause) EVEN FOR YOU !!" I actually got a chuckle out of that one.

[DLH17]

Originally Posted by Indianaref

Here's another one: prior to a game, I noticed the center for one of the teams (girls varsity level) was wearing her watch. I told her to remove it. She walked over to the stands and handed it to her dad, who was sitting a few rows up.

During the first quarter, my partner and I called her for 3 seconds at least four times. After the fourth, her dad yelled, "let her put her watch back on".

hahaha...

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Indianaref

Years ago, I was doing a rec league game and former NBA player Maurice Lucas' oldest son, Maurice Jr. (Reece) was in the game. Maurice was watching from right next to the bench.

The other team was shooting a two shot foul. After the first shot, which missed, Reece jumped into the lane, leaped up and "ripped down" the rebound, yelling as he did it. He then stood there with the ball while he realized there was another shot.

Maurice yelled from the seats, "Reece, get your head in the game." Reece looked real sheepish as he handed the ball to my partner. Maurice then said, "nice board, though".

Here's another one: prior to a game, I noticed the center for one of the teams (girls varsity level) was wearing her watch. I told her to remove it. She walked over to the stands and handed it to her dad, who was sitting a few rows up.

During the first quarter, my partner and I called her for 3 seconds at least four times. After the fourth, her dad yelled, "let her put her watch back on".

Ya' know - when you copy an old post of someone else's, it's common courtesy to indicate whose post it was. Of course, I could have Maurice come over there and show you why he had a reputation as an "enforcer".

[Mark Padgett]

Here's another one. I was working a holiday boys HS rec tourney. One team had a kid who was vastly superior to all the others. With about two minutes to go in the game, he had over 30 points and his team was way ahead. His coach decided to take him out so he would get recognized by the parents and fans for his game. As he came out to a standing ovation, of course he was hot and sweaty, so he grabbed his jersey to pull it out of his shorts as he walked toward the bench. Unfortunately, he also grabbed the waistband of his shorts at the same time and he pulled them both up really fast and hard. He let out a "YOUCH" that was about three octaves higher than a soprano!

It brought out lots of laughs - not by him, of course. He was OK, but I bet he'll be more careful in the future.

[bainsey]

Speaking of tesitcle fouls...

I had a JV boys tournament game a few months ago. A1 leaped to save a ball from going out of bounds, which he did, but the throw was a bulls-eye laser right to B2's crotch. The poor kid goes down in a heap, and the ball slowly rolls out of bounds (and I'm talking about the basketball), so not only does Team B get some unnecessary pain, Team A gets the ball back.

I beckon Team B's coach, who's trying to hide a smile, and he escorts the young lad to the bench. I check on B2 ten minutes later, and says he'll be okay.

"It could be worse," I reply. "(The varsity coach) could be here, and you'd never hear the end of it!" The kid agreed.

A week later, I saw that varsity coach, and asked him if had heard about that play in question.

"Heard about it? His dad taped the game, and watches it ten times a day!"

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Speaking of tesitcle fouls...

JVB game a few yrs ago. H has a male cheerleader. His entire appearance and demeanor indicate he is gay (not that there's anything wrong with that) and he is doing nothing to hide it.

He is very demonstrative, enthusiastic, and really into the game. Midway thru the 4th qtr one of the H players throws a baseball pass along the near sideline that misses his intended team mate and hits the cheerleader right square in the groin!

He let out a very non-masculine, high pitched - oooh! The entire crowd gasped. He doubles over and "walks" toward the side of the court in obvious discomfort. The crowd was absolutely stunned. Some smiling, some wincing, but no one missed it! My partner and I "bit our whistles" in order to stop from laughing......

The cheerleader recovered after a few minutes......but, was a little shall we say "less enthusiastic" about the rest of the game.

[Indianaref]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Ya' know - when you copy an old post of someone else's, it's common courtesy to indicate whose post it was. Of course, I could have Maurice come over there and show you why he had a reputation as an "enforcer".

That's no fun. What did Maurice do to you?

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Ya' know - when you copy an old post of someone else's, it's common courtesy to indicate whose post it was. Of course, I could have Maurice come over there and show you why he had a reputation as an "enforcer".

I thought that story seemed oddly familiar...

From 2007.... funny stuff

A few words changed but essentially the very same tale.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I thought that story seemed oddly familiar...

From 2007.... funny stuff

A few words changed but essentially the very same tale.

How embarrassing.