Why I Love Coaches (and I Used to Be One)

Freddy

Coach, losing by 20 in the second quarter, chewing my ear last night while at C: C'mon, you gotta call that three seconds on them. Look, he's in there right now. 1...2...3...4...5. How come you're not calling that????????

Me: Coach, the ball isn't in the front court yet.

Coach: Oh.

I love this game!

Mark Padgett

Since it's holiday time, here's a present for the newbies. When a coach is yelling for 3 seconds and the player really isn't in the lane nearly that long, your response should be, "Coach, that wasn't 3 seconds even in dog years". 😀

bowlingref

When a coach is calling for three seconds,I never will call it.

BillyMac

bowlingref wrote
When a coach is calling for three seconds,I never will call it.

Why not?

JugglingReferee

When a coach is counting the 3 seconds, I want to tell him that his counting made me lose my mental count, and then I had to start over. 😮

Adam

bowlingref wrote
When a coach is calling for three seconds,I never will call it.

I call it, if appropriate, and then make a point to get close to his bench and tell him to coob.l it. But the odds of it being appropriate when he's asking are pretty slim.

just another ref

When you hear a coach yell at his own player to get out of the lane, you can go ahead and call it without a count. He's been in there too long.

BktBallRef

bowlingref wrote
When a coach is calling for three seconds,I never will call it.

I do...

...on the other end. 😀

Mark Padgett

elmsa100 wrote
just curious mark, what is the coach’s usual reaction when you say that? 😃

They usually just bark. 😛