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"That's a foul!"
WHACK.
That quote came from the same kid, while on the bench, who only slightly earlier said, "They're beating us by 50 ref. C'mon and lighten up on the calls a bit". The other team had their 8th-12th players in and were playing nearly equal to this kid's team. As soon as I reported the T, the coach went over and had a talk with him. 55 seconds later, the game ended. Not much of an interesting story, but in my woods, a player talking back to an official is rare - I get maaaaybe 2 T'able situations a year with lip from a player. |
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Similar situation last year. Junior high boys. Home is losing big, to a vastly bigger better team. Some of the dads in the top row started it. Lane! He's in the lane! He's living in the lane!!
1,2,3!! This went on for a while, then I realized there was another voice. A kid on the bench had joined in the chant. I waited briefly until I was certain of the offender then stopped right in front of the bench and whacked him. I thought the kid was going to cry. Coach looked annoyed, not sure if it was with the kid or the call, but he said nothing. |
I do not see anything that on its face would be a T from me. I probably would have told the kid to "You need to play basketball and not worry about us" and then moved on. But that is me. Then again that would be tame based on what I experience in my games.
Peace |
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This quote came with 2:00 left in the 4th. I think he wanted the game over with, and wanted less whistles to end the game quicker. Had the winning team played their non-starters for the majority of the game, it would have been a decent game. |
Thin Epidermis ????
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I'm Late, I'm Late, For A Very Important Date ...
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The OP reads to me like the former -- and it wouldn't get a T. |
Thanks for your concern, Bob, but I think I can discern an imperative sentence from a declarative one. That's not very difficult. Actually, it's quite black-and-white there.
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You're welcome. |
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Would love to hear the conversation with the Coach... Coach: "What did he say?" Official: "He told me to lighten up on the calls a little bit." Coach: "You whacked him for THAT?" Official: "Absolutely Coach. He can't order me around like that." Hmmm...that's not going to end well at all.:eek: |
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