So. . . how did YOUR night go?

[kgeorge0263]

Oh..I forgot...early 4th quarter visiting team applying heavy pressure and fouls ball handler. I call a foul and one of the visiting players on my way to the table calls me a "homo"...so whack..."T". Coach asks why...and I told him what he called me.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by kgeorge0263

Oh..I forgot...early 4th quarter visiting team applying heavy pressure and fouls ball handler. I call a foul and one of the visiting players on my way to the table calls me a "homo"...so whack..."T". Coach asks why...and I told him what he called me.

I'm surprised you didn't toss him.

Scrappy, you make my night of braving Wally World and insane drivers sound sane!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by kgeorge0263

Oh..I forgot...early 4th quarter visiting team applying heavy pressure and fouls ball handler. I call a foul and one of the visiting players on my way to the table calls me a "homo"...so whack..."T". Coach asks why...and I told him what he called me.

I'm with Welpe, he's done in my game at this point. I'm pretty sure I'd be grilled by my assigner if I simply called a T on this without going flagrant.

Did the coach pull him?

[kgeorge0263]

The coach did not pull him...I think he still had issues about the offensive foul. I can see your perspective of running the kid, but they were down 10 and didn't want to create more pandemonium. He did not say it very loud, but audible enough for me to hear it. It was a packed house...so I'm quite sure no one else could've heard him.

[kgeorge0263]

So how do you justify to the coach why a "t" was administered? Should there be no explanation for it? We are to communicate with coaches when they ask questions (he did ask me in a calm manner), I feel I can tell him the need for the technical foul.

Just my 2 cents.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by kgeorge0263

The coach did not pull him...I think he still had issues about the offensive foul. I can see your perspective of running the kid, but they were down 10 and didn't want to create more pandemonium. He did not say it very loud, but audible enough for me to hear it. It was a packed house...so I'm quite sure no one else could've heard him.

Honestly, around here, i don't care if I'm the only one who heard it. If it was loud enough to get a T, it's loud enough to toss for that word. I understand your reluctance, but I would have felt none

Originally Posted by kgeorge0263

So how do you justify to the coach why a "t" was administered? Should there be no explanation for it? We are to communicate with coaches when they ask questions (he did ask me in a calm manner), I feel I can tell him the need for the technical foul.

Just my 2 cents.

billy was just being billy, something like this he should be told. The fact that he didn't pull his kid is concerning for me, to be frank.

[rlarry]

Originally Posted by kgeorge0263

So how do you justify to the coach why a "t" was administered? Should there be no explanation for it? We are to communicate with coaches when they ask questions (he did ask me in a calm manner), I feel I can tell him the need for the technical foul.

Just my 2 cents.

Coach= "What did he say?"
Me= "Ask him."

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by rlarry

Coach= "What did he say?"
Me= "Ask him."

I usually don't shut down communication with coaches like this unless they've already burned the bridge. I think it's important to have the adults on the same page as long as they're acting like adults.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by mbyron

I usually don't shut down communication with coaches like this unless they've already burned the bridge. I think it's important to have the adults on the same page as long as they're acting like adults.

Yup.

In my experience, the great majority of coaches honestly don't want crap like this coming from their players and will do something internally about it...if they know about it.

If you do run into a coach that wants to wiseazz back at you after you (quickly) explained the "T", just deal with it.

[rlarry]

Originally Posted by mbyron

I usually don't shut down communication with coaches like this unless they've already burned the bridge. I think it's important to have the adults on the same page as long as they're acting like adults.

Neither do I. But earlier in his post he mentioned that the coach was livid earlier in the game from an offensive foul that was called.

[bigbeardedbryan]

My night went alright, thanks for asking!

Girls JV. Visitors dressed six players. Teams combined for probably 50 turnovers (at least 30 travels or illegal dribbles) and 40 fouls... and 37 points. It was 8-8 at the half, and, after a scoring orgy of unprecedented magnitude in the 4th quarter, the home team missed a wide-open three-footer with about two seconds left and wound up losing, 19-18.

Ahh, small-school basketball.

[Forksref]

Originally Posted by bigbeardedbryan

My night went alright, thanks for asking!

Girls JV. Visitors dressed six players. Teams combined for probably 50 turnovers (at least 30 travels or illegal dribbles) and 40 fouls... and 37 points. It was 8-8 at the half, and, after a scoring orgy of unprecedented magnitude in the 4th quarter, the home team missed a wide-open three-footer with about two seconds left and wound up losing, 19-18.

Ahh, small-school basketball.

Many years ago I was coaching soph girls BB. After a particularly trying game, the V coach asked how it went. I said, "We were playing them even until they went on a a 4-2 run over the last 6 minutes." ugghhhh!!

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by kgeorge0263

The coach did not pull him...I think he still had issues about the offensive foul. I can see your perspective of running the kid, but they were down 10 and didn't want to create more pandemonium.

Oh my.......

You wouldn't call a well-deserved flagrant foul because you were afraid of the reaction.

Yes, "afraid" is the correct word.

Oh my.......

Sorry, but that player has to go and a report also has to be put in after the game.

Oh my......

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by kgeorge0263

I can see your perspective of running the kid, but they were down 10 and didn't want to create more pandemonium.

Different sport (soccer), but a friend of mine issued a red card this year to a kid for basically being calling him the same thing. This is a no-brainer, IMO.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Different sport (soccer), but a friend of mine issued a red card this year to a kid for basically being calling him the same thing. This is a no-brainer, IMO.

It really doesn't matter WHAT name a player calls you. If it isn't "Sir" "Mr Official" or something similar.....