Oh boy - I can hardly wait

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I'm probably a bad person to work rec games like this -- I'd give out Ts like a diabetic handing out Halloween candy with only a few minutes of trick-or-treating left.

I think I've only T'd up a few rec Coaches in all my yrs of doing it here. Guess our leagues/coaches are pretty tame compared to other parts of the country.....specifically the upper north-west. Ahem.....

[Mark Padgett]

Handling situations like this is part of my "job" as a senior member of our Board. This is my 18th season volunteering on the Board. I have held virtually office we have, including President. One of my current duties is to administer our "scholarship" program which funds the registration fees for kids from low income families. Seeing to it that a kid in that situation still has the opportunity to play sports is the most rewarding part of the job.

There will also be two other Board members at the game and they will be recognizable because they wear polo shirts with our association logo on them. I wear one also when I observe games at which I am not officiating.

In past years, the Board has kicked out two coaches "for life" on my recommendation. Once when a coach slapped a 6th grade boy across the face during a timeout (he thought it would be OK to do so because it was his kid) and once when a coach pushed a HS kid who was working his game as a rookie ref with us. If that had happened recently, the new Oregon law concerning assaulting a sports official would kick in. As it was over 10 years ago, and the kid wasn't injured, the kid's parents decided to let it go.

And yes, most coaches know I'm also a Board member when I work their games mostly since I introduce myself at the pre-season coaches meeting.

[Mark Padgett]

Well, I worked the game today and there was no problem at all with the coach. In fact, he didn't say a peep the entire game. I think he knew what was going on. However, I tossed a player. About midway through Q3, he yelled at my partner for calling a player control foul on him. The rant was something about getting fouled the whole game without a call but this was the third foul on him, yadda, yadda, yadda. When he kept on about it and started yelling, my partner T'd him. As he walked toward the table to report it, the kid followed him clapping in a sarcastic manner. I whacked him for his second T.

The coach didn't react at all. That reinforced my belief that he realized he was on thin ice. His team lost by 9. Actually, it was a pretty well played game by both teams.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I think he knew what was going on.

Ya think he reads this forum?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Ya think he reads this forum?

I don't think he knows how to read at all.