Originally Posted by grunewar (Post 709144)

BJV game tonight. Score tied 48-48 with less than a minute to go. I called an intentional flagrant foul on #21 of the V. #4 of the H team misses the shots. They get the ball back and then they missed the last shot..... Game eventually went to double OT.

I tried Mark, really I did! :o

Originally Posted by just another ref (Post 709154)

my personal favorite, never actually spoken out loud, but i think it frequently. In response to any of the "5 against 7" "hometown officiating" "call it on both ends" line of comments, the following might be appropriate.

"if you already think i'm calling against your team, why in the world would you make a remark like that and piss me off?"

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee (Post 709091)

Half? If he called me an idiot, he's in the parking lot.

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap (Post 709163)

"Does your car have a radio, coach? You can listen to the rest of the game out there."

Originally Posted by chartrusepengui (Post 709175)

had a play the other night where B1 fouls A1 while shooting. Tweet! foul on A1. A1 is upset and cannon balls the ball he is holding off the backboard and it flys to other end of court. TWEET! T on A1. As I am reporting to table - Coach from B teams gets my attention and deadpans: "Hey ref - isn't that like double jepardy or something? I think you've gotta choose one or the other." I must have looked at him funny because he started waved his hand at me and started cracking up. Next the table informs me it's hthe kids 5th foul and coach is already sending a sub up. I later learned that in his day job he's a lawyer.

I handled that one all by myself.

Originally Posted by grunewar (Post 709144)

I called an intentional flagrant foul on #21 of the V. #

Originally Posted by Terrapins Fan (Post 709184)

Well, a couple of years ago, I had a coach Question my "integrity" . He said,

"Stop cheating my kids"

WHACK!

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap (Post 709187)

There. That looks much better.

Originally Posted by grunewar (Post 709144)

I called an intentional flagrant foul on #21 of the V.

Originally Posted by grunewar (Post 709144)

I called an intentional flagrant foul on #21 of the V.

Originally Posted by BktBallRef (Post 709210)

But there's no such thing as an intentional flagrant foul.

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap (Post 709160)

And you couldn't find disconcertion?

Originally Posted by RookieDude (Post 709067)

Forgive me for assuming some things here but...

Mark Padgett seems to be a fun loving, quick witted, smart a$$ official.

Nevadaref seems to be a "by the book", dry official, with no room for deviation.

Philosophically...somewhere between these two guys is where one might want to be as an official.

Now I realize that knowing the rule book does not make a good official,
but one cannot be a good official without knowing the rule book.

Having said that...as I get older and more experienced, I seem to want to be more of a smart a$$ to the coaches.

Just last night, I had a Coach complain about a "over and back" call that I made.

A1 had the ball in his frontcourt...A1 passed the ball to A2. B1 tipped the ball before it got to A2 and the ball bounced off of A2's knee and into the backcourt. A2 went to recover the ball. Tweet! Backcourt Violation!

Coach yelled, "How can that be...the defender deflected the ball!"
Partner explained the rule to him as we inbounded the ball.

Next time down the court, I get a foul on Coach A's big man. Coach A says... "How can that be a foul? You don't know what a foul is if that is one!"

Instead of whacking him, I simply go over and say, "Why should I listen to you? You didn't even know the backcourt rule."

His eyes bug out and he can't believe he has been talked to like that. He mentions something about being professional and goes on to say, "We are going to have a PROBLEM!"

I look at him, as the ball is being inbounded, and say, "How do you think that is going to work out for you?"

Two more times down the court and he quietly says to me, with a smile..."Hey, we need to get on the same page...we've been doing this a long time."

I said, "Coach, I forgot about it already."

Yeah, I shouldn't probably be saying these smart a$$ remarks...but, darn it...Padgett keeps giving me material here.