Team T'd for Wearing Pink

[twocentsworth]

That AD is a complete idiot!

[amusedofficial]

Fine Mr. Hotshot. Illegal uniforms are penalized when discovered. Everyone in the building discovered the pink at the opening tip, with the exception of your AD who discovered later in the first half. Even if failing to award the merited free throws is correctable, it's too late. Sit down.

The team that decided it needed two shots and the ball to start the second half to maintain the integrity of the game won by 15 and is 16-3.

[JRutledge]

This is a case of "You can be right and be dead at the same time." I agree it is a violation of the rules, but does this really get in the way of the spirit of the rule? The school should have received approval first or at the very least talked to the officials before the contest to not make them the bad guys.

Peace

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

This is a case of "You can be right and be dead at the same time." I agree it is a violation of the rules, but does this really get in the way of the spirit of the rule? The school should have received approval first or at the very least talked to the officials before the contest to not make them the bad guys.

Peace

Jeff:

I agree with you 100%, but there is a bigger problem here and that is the attitude of the Visitor's AD and HC.

I am going be honest and state for the record that I know of only one person in my extended (wife's and my sides) family who had breast cancer and she was on my maternal grandmother's side of the family.

BUT, that is where the AD and HC's attitude needs to be examined. I played basketball in a championship program in high school, but the desire to win would never had been allowed to go down the dark path that these two poor excuses of male half of the human race took.

I have to get ready to leave for a game. Have a good one everybody.

MTD, Sr.

[bob jenkins]

I hold the AD at fault, and NOT the officials. It's certainly not beyond the realm of possibility that had the officials not enforced the rule, and then the AD contacted the state, that the officials would have been reprimanded.

[Brick43]

I just read this article and came here to see if anyone posted on the news. I am embarrassed for this coach and AD. I recently received my coaches certification and the classes all stressed "student centered" teaching and Sportsmanship. You are a teacher and mentor to the kids you coach. You coach/teach by example. What a horrible example these 2 displayed. Let's just hope that by this story going mainstream more money will be raised towards their charity...

[Sharpshooternes]

Would anybody say to the shooting player, "Hey, this technical is a bunch of bologna, but we have to enforce it. Do you want to show some good sportsmanship and miss these two free throws and then give the ball to the other team on your inbounds pass?"

That would be classy and maybe make the AD and HC look like a$$es. Maybe everyone would learn an important lesson.

Not saying it is the right thing to do but a third option. Thoughts?

[APG]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

Would anybody say to the shooting player, "Hey, this technical is a bunch of bologna, but we have to enforce it. Do you want to show some good sportsmanship and miss these two free throws and then give the ball to the other team on your inbounds pass?"

That would be classy and maybe make the AD and HC look like a$$es. Maybe everyone would learn an important lesson.

Not saying it is the right thing to do but a third option. Thoughts?

Hell no

[HawkeyeCubP]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

Would anybody say to the shooting player, "Hey, this technical is a bunch of bologna, but we have to enforce it. Do you want to show some good sportsmanship and miss these two free throws and then give the ball to the other team on your inbounds pass?"

That would be classy and maybe make the AD and HC look like a$$es. Maybe everyone would learn an important lesson.

Not saying it is the right thing to do but a third option. Thoughts?

Nah. If the offended team wants to be sporting about it, they can figure it out themselves.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

Would anybody say to the shooting player, "Hey, this technical is a bunch of bologna, but we have to enforce it. Do you want to show some good sportsmanship and miss these two free throws and then give the ball to the other team on your inbounds pass?

What are you a soccer official?

MTD, Sr.

[deecee]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

Would anybody say to the shooting player, "Hey, this technical is a bunch of bologna, but we have to enforce it. Do you want to show some good sportsmanship and miss these two free throws and then give the ball to the other team on your inbounds pass?"

That would be classy and maybe make the AD and HC look like a$$es. Maybe everyone would learn an important lesson.

Not saying it is the right thing to do but a third option. Thoughts?

Not as an official. But when I coached high school there was a game where the officials called one of the worst technical fouls I had and still have witnessed. I told the officials I didn't care and they didn't have to penalize. It had something to do with a stupid uniform rule.

I told my shooter to miss the shots. I had to give the kids a lesson on honor and integrity after that game as they were all whining about that decision of mine. We lost the game by 4.

[Tebo2526]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

Would anybody say to the shooting player, "Hey, this technical is a bunch of bologna, but we have to enforce it. Do you want to show some good sportsmanship and miss these two free throws and then give the ball to the other team on your inbounds pass?"

That would be classy and maybe make the AD and HC look like a$$es. Maybe everyone would learn an important lesson.

Not saying it is the right thing to do but a third option. Thoughts?

This brings back memories and a few teary eyes as well. I was coaching a 6th grade team in a summer tournament playing a 6th/7th grade tournament. Needless to say we were getting run out of the gym. Other team's coach had a son that, without trying to sound mean, had something wrong with him. Very small for his age and mentally challenged in some respect. He decided to let him play near the end of the game and when they realized he had not added to the book, a technical was called. After noticing a couple of my kids talking to the refs and hoping that they were not causing trouble, the lead ref came to me and said that my kids had asked if they could let the kid on the other team shoot OUR technical free throws. He informed me that he had no idea what the ruling on that was (these were just college kids) and asked if I cared. After telling him that I ABSOLUTELY didn't have a problem with it, I proceeded to watch 9 out of 10 kids on the floor spend the remaining 3 minutes running plays in cooperation trying to get the other to score. It all ended with about 10 seconds to go when one of the other teams kids picked him up so he could reach. It amazes me to this day how a gym filled with only about 100 spectators could be so LOUD. Keep in mind that this was a pretty competitive tourney that we had driven 4 hours to get to.

These kids, now Seniors in HS still talk about it to this day. One common experience that they will always remember and probably the proudest day of my father/coaching life.

This post probably doesn't belong here but it took me back so I thought I would share.