First AAU Follies of the Off-Season

[Adam]

Originally Posted by tref

Official: Score the basket, 1 FT.
coach: This isnt the NBA!

2 plays later following a timeout in the 1st half

coach: Dont we get it at halfcourt.
Official: Only in 4thQ under 2 min & its the 28' line... in the NBA!
coach: Well, when do we get to advance in HS?
Official:

Bingo!

[Multiple Sports]

At a Bigshots event in Richmond, Va. over Memorial Day weekend, a player from a team from Baltimore(ever seen "The Wire") that neighborHOOD, came off the bench when one of his players on the court was swinging at a referee.

Well it turned into a HUGE throwdown...cops from VCU and the Richmond PD came into the Siegel Center....

The funniest thing was that one of the kids mother's came down and of course she was saying her kid was not at fault, but she handed the boys child for him to hold while he was being interviewed by the police.....

"Yes officer, when I am not an 18 hoodlum fighting on the basketball court
I am an upstanding father in the community!!!!!"

And in a complete irony, the referee involved in the fight had been assigned to that teams next game!!!! No he didn't work it someone else did...

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Multiple Sports

At a Bigshots event in Richmond, Va. over Memorial Day weekend, a player from a team from Baltimore(ever seen "The Wire") that neighborHOOD, came off the bench when one of his players on the court was swinging at a referee.

Well it turned into a HUGE throwdown...cops from VCU and the Richmond PD came into the Siegel Center....

The funniest thing was that one of the kids mother's came down and of course she was saying her kid was not at fault, but she handed the boys child for him to hold while he was being interviewed by the police.....

"Yes officer, when I am not an 18 hoodlum fighting on the basketball court
I am an upstanding father in the community!!!!!"

And in a complete irony, the referee involved in the fight had been assigned to that teams next game!!!! No he didn't work it someone else did...

Was he from Hamsterdam?

Funny, I was going to work that tournament for the local assignors but I didn't hear back from them in time...glad I missed it.

[Adam]

VG summer game the other night. After the first game, I'm standing at the table getting ready for the next game and all of a sudden a fan is standing in front of me. He says something about the travels, and I just look at the door. "I'm going anyway, but you need to...." I cut him off, "You need to go." He started to repeat himself before I cut him off again, "Just go."

So many things I wanted to say.

"Don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry."

[tref]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

VG summer game the other night. After the first game, I'm standing at the table getting ready for the next game and all of a sudden a fan is standing in front of me. He says something about the travels, and I just look at the door. "I'm going anyway, but you need to...." I cut him off

Classes begin in the fall come out & get your certification, then YOU sir, can call all the marginal travels you like in YOUR ballgames

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by tref

Classes begin in the fall come out & get your certification, then YOU sir, can call all the marginal travels you like in YOUR ballgames

Too much verbiage

[tref]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Too much verbiage

Real season, I agree... Summer time, I get my point across.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by tref

Real season, I agree... Summer time, I get my point across.

When addressing a fan? The season, it matters not.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by tref

Real season, I agree... Summer time, I get my point across.

I was tempted, but I would have been more likely to use sarcasm.

"So, how long have you officiated?"

Or I could have been sincere,

"Do you really think I need a stranger to come up to me in order to get me to care more about what I'm doing?"

[tref]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

When addressing a fan? The season, it matters not.

I hear you BNR. I'm a 4-6 nights a week, Jan-Dec kinda guy & I deal with much more BS in the off-season for less pay... so I do what I do.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

"Do you really think I need a stranger to come up to me in order to get me to care more about what I'm doing?"

"Go stage your intervention elsewhere."

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Welpe

"Go stage your intervention elsewhere."

I was really tempted to light him up, explaining to him that I was driving 40 miles round trip to work two games for $28, missing another night with my kids. I'm doing these games to get better at what I do.

But, instead, I said, "Just go."

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by tref

I hear you BNR. I'm a 4-6 nights a week, Jan-Dec kinda guy & I deal with much more BS in the off-season for less pay... so I do what I do.

Personally, I'm not discussing much with fans, winter/summer/spring/or fall. In fact folks must detect the a-hole in me b/c it's been about 7-8 years since I've had a fan come up to me after any type of game.

Conversations with fans are always better when they run into you at Applebee's or TGI Friday's

[tref]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Personally, I'm not discussing much with fans, winter/summer/spring/or fall. In fact folks must detect the a-hole in me b/c it's been about 7-8 years since I've had a fan come up to me after any type of game.

Conversations with fans are always better when they run into you at Applebee's or TGI Friday's

I respect your discipline!

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I was really tempted to light him up, explaining to him that I was driving 40 miles round trip to work two games for $28, missing another night with my kids. I'm doing these games to get better at what I do.

But, instead, I said, "Just go."

I know that feeling! When I was working games while my daughter was a newborn, I was ready to tell a few fans to stuff it mainly because I was running on no sleep.