Flipping off your teammate

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

Is essentially declaring a winner of a cat fight a smart thing to do?

[Judtech]

It would depend. My first thought would be to treat it like a UFO: I saw something but I am not quite sure what it was.

[stir22]

what about this scenario:

i was doing a high school game, and the home team was behind by about 30 and playing like crapola. their center knew it. after yet another opponents basket, he turned around, hands at his side, and said,"c'mon guys, play harder...i mean, f**K"...

not loud enough for hardly anybody to hear, (I didn't, i was transitioning to new lead in two man), but my partner did...whacked him.

if i'm the trail, i probably let it go, and talk to the kid as we head down the court...

thoughts?

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by stir22

what about this scenario:

i was doing a high school game, and the home team was behind by about 30 and playing like crapola. their center knew it. after yet another opponents basket, he turned around, hands at his side, and said,"c'mon guys, play harder...i mean, f**K"...

not loud enough for hardly anybody to hear, (I didn't, i was transitioning to new lead in two man), but my partner did...whacked him.

if i'm the trail, i probably let it go, and talk to the kid as we head down the court...

thoughts?

Depending... but I probably wouldn't whack here.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by stir22

i probably let it go, and talk to the kid as we head down the court...

If it's where "no one" really hears' it, that's the approach I take too. Usually with a "watch your mouth."

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by grunewar

If it's where "no one" really hears' it, that's the approach I take too. Usually with a "watch your mouth."

I guess I've done that a couple of times this season too. One of them went something like this:
Me: "You said 'truck', right?
Player: "What? Ummm.... yeah."
Me: "Good, because if you said something else I'd have to call a technical foul on you."

[tref]

Originally Posted by stir22

what about this scenario:

i was doing a high school game, and the home team was behind by about 30 and playing like crapola. their center knew it. after yet another opponents basket, he turned around, hands at his side, and said,"c'mon guys, play harder...i mean, f**K"...

not loud enough for hardly anybody to hear, (I didn't, i was transitioning to new lead in two man), but my partner did...whacked him.

Too bad you weren't the T on that play

Originally Posted by stir22

if i'm the trail, i probably let it go, and talk to the kid as we head down the court...

+1

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by stir22

what about this scenario:

i was doing a high school game, and the home team was behind by about 30 and playing like crapola. their center knew it. after yet another opponents basket, he turned around, hands at his side, and said,"c'mon guys, play harder...i mean, f**K"...

not loud enough for hardly anybody to hear, (I didn't, i was transitioning to new lead in two man), but my partner did...whacked him.

if i'm the trail, i probably let it go, and talk to the kid as we head down the court...

thoughts?

Use the shift key properly to avoid giving the impression that you're an under-educated teenager.

[stir22]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Use the shift key properly to avoid giving the impression that you're an under-educated teenager.

gotta be honest here...kind of techno-challenged. don't know what you mean. if i committed a sin, i apologize. i'm almost 50, and don't use the internet much. e-mail and about 4 websites. don't know much about internet protocol.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by stir22

gotta be honest here...kind of techno-challenged. don't know what you mean. if i committed a sin, i apologize.

I think what mbyron means, stir, is follow the basic grammar rules we all learned. Capitalize sentences and Is. Just like in officiating, appearance counts.

[stir22]

Originally Posted by bainsey

I think what mbyron means, stir, is follow the basic grammar rules we all learned. Capitalize sentences and Is. Just like in officiating, appearance counts.

Oh, okay. Gotcha. Many thanks. I will do that from now on.

/Again, thanks.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Use the shift key properly to avoid giving the impression that you're an under-educated teenager.

My daughter sends me similar emails. I just assumed that the shift key on her keyboard must be broken?

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

My daughter sends me similar emails. I just assumed that the shift key on her keyboard must be broken?

You mean the F dash dash dash word?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

You mean the F dash dash dash word?

No. More like, "hey dad. i love you. please send me money."

[Adam]

Originally Posted by stir22

what about this scenario:

i was doing a high school game, and the home team was behind by about 30 and playing like crapola. their center knew it. after yet another opponents basket, he turned around, hands at his side, and said,"c'mon guys, play harder...i mean, f**K"...

not loud enough for hardly anybody to hear, (I didn't, i was transitioning to new lead in two man), but my partner did...whacked him.

if i'm the trail, i probably let it go, and talk to the kid as we head down the court...

thoughts?

While it's possible I wouldn't T for this (I've actually had success talking to coaches about this), I would be hard pressed to second guess a partner who did give one.