Coaching Non Sequiturs from the Weekend

[Mark Padgett]

Two years ago I had a girls MS rec coach ask me before a game if he had to call his girls by their "real" names? I had no idea what he was talking about. He told me he had three girls on the team with the same first name and he used other names to call two of them so they didn't get confused. I told him I didn't care what he called them as long as it wasn't obscene. He said he was just checking to make sure it was OK because he didn't want a technical.

When I told my partner he said that was the strangest thing he'd ever heard a coach ask in his 15 years of officiating.

It reminded me of a girls MS game a long time ago in which one team had a set of identical twins. One was really good but the other wasn't. The opposing coach told us before the game to watch them really close if the "good one" fouled out because he had heard that their coach would have them change jerseys so the "good one" could stay in the game. That was the strangest thing I'd ever heard from a coach up to that point in my career.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

It reminded me of a girls MS game a long time ago in which one team had a set of identical twins. One was really good but the other wasn't. The opposing coach told us before the game to watch them really close if the "good one" fouled out because he had heard that their coach would have them change jerseys so the "good one" could stay in the game.

Years ago, around here there was a set of identical twin girls playing jr. high.
Both were good. Official called a foul, went to the table, apparently forgot,
looked back, and charged it to the wrong one. It was a case of everybody in the gym knew except the one who mattered. It turns out that the incorrectly charged foul was the girl's 5th. Let's just say it created quite a stir for a few minutes. The team hung on and won a close game. Afterward the twins' father approached the coach of the opposing team and said, "We won even though y'all cheated!"

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by just another ref

.....y'all.....!"

What language is that?

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Two years ago I had a girls MS rec coach ask me before a game if he had to call his girls by their "real" names? I had no idea what he was talking about. He told me he had three girls on the team with the same first name and he used other names to call two of them so they didn't get confused. I told him I didn't care what he called them as long as it wasn't obscene. He said he was just checking to make sure it was OK because he didn't want a technical.

When I told my partner he said that was the strangest thing he'd ever heard a coach ask in his 15 years of officiating.

It reminded me of a girls MS game a long time ago in which one team had a set of identical twins. One was really good but the other wasn't. The opposing coach told us before the game to watch them really close if the "good one" fouled out because he had heard that their coach would have them change jerseys so the "good one" could stay in the game. That was the strangest thing I'd ever heard from a coach up to that point in my career.

Wonder if officiating twins ever pulled that stunt?

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Wonder if officiating twins ever pulled that stunt?

I have actually officiated with twins, still do.

They're both pretty good.....at least, I think they are!

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by grunewar

I have actually officiated with twins, still do.

They're both pretty good.....at least, I think they are!

Assessor: "You're not switching."

Twin refs, simultaneously: "Are you sure?"

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Wonder if officiating twins ever pulled that stunt?

I knew a guy who used his first name in football and middle name in basketball. When a coach recognized him from the other sport, he would say that was his twin brother.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I knew a guy who used his first name in football and middle name in basketball. When a coach recognized him from the other sport, he would say that was his twin brother.

Ooh, I could try that....