Worst?

[Bad Zebra]

Had a 10U AAU coach that called time out to SCREAM at one of his players about one inch away from his ear. I made a comment to the table that I would never want him coaching one of my kids. My comment got back to him and he wanted a piece of me in the parking lot. Law enforcement called, but he went away quietly in the end.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

Had a 10U AAU coach that called time out to SCREAM at one of his players about one inch away from his ear. I made a comment to the table that I would never want him coaching one of my kids. My comment got back to him and he wanted a piece of me in the parking lot. Law enforcement called, but he went away quietly in the end.

BZ:

Your story reminds me of two games: One involving a freind of mine and one invovling Daryl H. "The Preacher" Long and me.

Game #1: Years ago Daryl and I and a friend of ours from Tennessee (he was then and still is a Div. 1 women's official) were officiating in the Starters Girls Summer Classic in Hartford, CT. Our Tenn. friend had a game where in the first half both he and his partner whacked the HC of one of the teams, and he refused to leave the game. The HC actually took a folding chair from the bench area and sat down on it at center court. The HC's wife came out of the stands and tried to get him to leave and he slapped her, , yes you read the correctly. Only then did two dads grabbed him and hustled him off the court.

Game #2: Years ago, Daryl and I had a girls' 13U pool play game on the first day of the YBOA Girls National Champ. Tourn. I was the U and all through the 1st quarter the HC of the one team just an absolute a$$hole with his players. He never swore at them but was very abusive to the verbally. Since YBOA provided an Official Scorer, a mother of one of the player's was sitting on the team bench keeping a scorebook for the team. Between the 1st and 2nd quarter I stood next to the mother keeping score and whispered to her that in my home state her HC would be charged with felony child abuse the way he was treating his players. She gave me the deer caught in the headlights look, . I stepped away and as we put the ball into play I could see her say something to the HC. From my perspective it looked like his lower lip hit the floor but he never said a abusive word to his players the rest of the game.

MTD, Sr.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Officiating in the Starters Girls Summer Classic in Hartford, CT.

I still can't believe that they let you cross the border into my fine state. The border guards are supposed to keep out the riff raff.

[MD Longhorn]

Mine is from football... kid didn't like the stiffarm he got on one play. 2 plays later the RB came his way - he grabbed the facemask, twisted, then did about a 540 degree turn (like an Olympic hammer-throw) and flung the kid about 5 yards away. Had to call Life-Flite for the RB, and I learned later that after the CB was ejected, he was arrested in the locker room at halftime for assault. Never heard what happened with either kid afterward.

[rwest]

Man, after reading some of these posts, I feel like the sheriff from Jaws. Just before the shark attacks they are comparing war stories and injuries. The sheriff lifts up his shirt and decides it doesn't compare and is not worth mentioning.

[Ref_in_Alberta]

Years ago when I was 1st starting out I was assigned a youth league U15 semi-final with my father. I was around 17 years old at the time.

The game itself was hotly contested and came right down to the final buzzer but had no incidents until after we had gathered out bags a were leaving.

A Dad from the the losing team was heated and wanted a peice of us as we were leaving the gym. A father from the winning team intervied on our behalf saying "We did a fine job" and suggested to Dad #1 that he "leave us alone and let us on our way". Dad #1 did not like this very much and proceeded to shove Dad #2 with 2 hands right in the chest.

Never have I seen a body hit the floor so fast. As it turns out Dad #2 was a member of the city police's emergency response team (read SWAT) in plain clothes. Dad #1 was promptly cuffed and had a free ride to the local police station where, I'm told, he spent the rest of the day with charges pending.

Resulting from these events Dad #1 was banned from attending any of this league's games for 1 calendar year and was forced to write a little of apology to his kid's team, their opponents, the officials and Dad #2. I heard this was the only course of action that would of prevented the pending assult charge being dropped.