Craziest/Embarrassing Moments

[riverfalls57]

GV game a couple years ago. I was the L and the ball goes OOB on my endline. As I raise my hand and put some air in my whistle the whistle flys out of my mouth. Everyone stops to look at me and I can't seem to get the whistle back in my mouth. Finally after a few seconds (which seemed like an eternity) my partner blows his whistle and I give the directional signal. Everyone had a good laugh at my expense.

[justacoach]

Had a dream where I arrived at gym without a whistle. Woke up in a panic, reached over to the night table, put on my lariat and whistle and went back to sleep.
Got to the game that night (with my trusty whistle still around my neck), started dressing and found out that I should have dreamed about my striped shirt!!

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by justacoach

Had a dream where I arrived at gym without a whistle. Woke up in a panic, reached over to the night table, put on my lariat and whistle and went back to sleep.
Got to the game that night (with my trusty whistle still around my neck), started dressing and found out that I should have dreamed about my striped shirt!!

I think the real question for Dr. Freud here is why do you keep your whistle and lanyard on your night table?

[IowaMike]

Varsity boys game, A1 drives to the hoop with the ball just outside of the elbow and as he does he clearly pushes off the defender with his forearm. I step towards the play with my fist in the air to call the foul; however, my whistle wasn't in my mouth, never put it back in after the last stoppage. By the time I got it in my mouth and blew the play dead, A1 was just making his layup. Coach was a little peeved about the lateness of the call but who cares? I was embarrassed though.

Came out for the second half of a varsity contest. I always hit the bathroom before coming back out on the court just to make sure the urge doesn't hit me during the game. Well, I forgot to check my zipper and one of my partners finally let me know with about 30 seconds left on the halftime clock that I was wide open. No place to hide and zip it up out on the court.

Early in my career I also had a few of the dreaded forgot who I called the foul on when I got to the table, which is a really sickening feeling. On both occasions I can remember, the table crew bailed me out. I learned to take my time before reporting fouls and now really burn that number into my brain before jogging over to the table.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I think the real question for Dr. Freud here is why do you keep your whistle and lanyard on your night table?

How else is he going to call fouls, and violations, on his wife?

[ThatOneRef]

Originally Posted by mark padgett

i had a game about 10 years ago in which the two players for the opening tip were way taller than me. I mean really, really tall. I got set to toss the ball and we all were looking up. My mechanic for the toss is to pick a point in the air about three feet above the tallest jumper and concentrate on tossing the ball straight up to that point. I went to throw the ball and my toss hit one of the jumpers on his chin and came back and hit me in the nose. The worst part was that on my subsequent toss, my throw hit the other jumper in just about the same place as the first one.

I called my partner in to make the toss.

+1

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by NCHSAA

What is everyones craziest/embarrassing moment related to officiating?

That turd I picked up off the floor which I thought was a tootsie roll tossed to midcourt by someone from the stands. JV boys' game. Got a writeup in Referee magazine for that one.
Same gym last year, JV girls' game, and my partner picked up a feminine product from near the free throw line. Didn't dawn on him what it was until he took it to the table and had them laughing their heads off. Both girls' benches stunningly quiet, shyly looking at the floor.
Not looking forward to going back this year. However, I don't know what byproducts from bodily functions can be left.

[NCHSAA]

Originally Posted by NCHSAA

What is everyones craziest/embarrassing moment related to officiating?

Mine occurred doing my first year when I was calling JV ball. After my game and after changing, I had to walk back through the gym to get to my car out front. Well the varsity game that was about to start was a big rivalry and the home team was about to run out on the court for pregame warmups. Well after leaving the locker room and heading towards the only door that led to the gym I didn't notice the home team already lining up right behind the door for their entrance. I bypassed through them opened the door and started walking in the gym. At that point the home cheerleaders began backflipping, chanting, throwing each other in the air, and the crowd was going wild.

The only problem: I was the only one walking through the middle of the cheerleaders as they lined both sides of the door. I had my bag and walked straight down the middle of them as they finally realized I wasn't the home team. They all had to reset and do it all over again for the home team after I created this false alarm.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by NCHSAA

The home cheerleaders began backflipping, chanting, throwing each other in the air, and the crowd was going wild. I was the only one walking through the middle of the cheerleaders as they lined both sides of the door.

Cheerleaders really dig officials. This happens to me all the time.

[grunewar]

JVB game a few yrs ago.

H has a male cheerleader. His entire appearance and demeanor indicate he is gay (not that there's anything wrong with that) and he is doing nothing to hide it.

He is very demonstrative, enthusiastic, and really into the game along the H endline. Midway through the fourth qtr one of the H players throws a baseball pass that misses his intended teammate and hits the male cheerleader right square in the groin!

He let out a very loud, non-masculine, high pitched - ooooooh! The entire crowd gasped.

He doubles over and walks toward the side of the court behind the bleachers in obvious discomfort. The crowd was absolutely stunned and the gym became absolutely quiet. Some smiling, some wincing, but no one missed it! I bit my whistle" in order to stop from laughing.......

He recovered after a few minutes......but, was a little "less enthusiastic" the rest of the game.

[ThatOneRef]

Originally Posted by billymac

cheerleaders really dig officials. This happens to me all the time.

ha! +1