Is there a frickin' full moon?

[bball_lurker]

I was watching my daughter play last night, and unfortunately ended up sitting by the annoying parents. A few of them think they are coaches, yelling "shooot!" when they are trying to set up the offense.

But the one that almost had me saying something... We are up by 50, that's FIFTY points in the 4th quarter. Other team has ball, annoying mom (AM1) of annoying player (AP1) yells "TRAVEL!", no whistle, seconds later AP1 gets called for a foul. AM1 yells the whole time they are setting up for free throws, "she traveled first" and all that kind of nonsense. I was tempted to tell her to STFU, but my daughter would have to hear it for the rest of the season from AP1.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by bball_lurker

I was tempted to tell her to STFU, but my daughter would have to hear it for the rest of the season from AP1.

The things we do for our children. Well done.

[NoFussRef]

(I wasn't looking for anything to actually USE as a retort to a fan, I don't engage them. I was just looking for some humorous responses we would all like to say but don't. Couple of good ones on here )

I consider myself thick-skinned when it comes to crowd comments, they are nonexistent unless I am hearing foul language or they are verbally abusing a player. In a Quad-A or higher level game fans can pretty much get away with any obnoxious behavior they want (again, whining is fine just no foul language/player harassment other than that, feel free to demonstrate your lack of sportsmanship/self respect). However, in a youth game there are times where parents/fannys can get to the point that they are interrupting the game itself.

Example: FT situations where mom is still screaming above everyone "that was a terrible call, she traveled, your terrible blah blah", or one of my favorites "the score is wrong, the arrow is wrong, do something blah blah blah". When it gets to the point that every lil kid on the line, shooter included, stops and looks up afraid to proceed, I find it more difficult to ignore. This is when a quick chat with coach about controlling his "not-so-hot-mom" might be in order.

The other night was to the point that our young volunteer clock/book asked me if we as officials could ask the crowd to stop because it was upsetting them. Awwww. Poor kids, I explained sometimes adults set the example of what to do, and sometimes they are the example of what NOT to do." Told em unless they are using foul language not much my partner and I could do.

LONG WINDED Sorry.
I will leave you with this one:

"AWW let them play, this isn't the NBA!"

"Correct sir, and it is not going to be the NFL either."

[tref]

Originally Posted by NoFussRef

"AWW let them play, this isn't the NBA!"

"Correct sir, and it is not going to be the NFL either."

Amen!