First AAU Follies of the Off-Season

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Had to tell a coach last night that if I'm close enough to hear his comments to his AC, then he's talking to me.

Stop getting so close, then...

[Adam]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Stop getting so close, then...

"So move."
"Know where you're supposed to be."

I ignored those, although the second one came from the AC (my back was turned, but I knew his voice), so I should have probably rang him up.

I was back at the division line for the first of 2 FTs, waiting to call in some subs. And he wasn't using his inside voice.

As I told an airman many years ago when she tried to get mad at me for listening to her conversation, "Don't have a private conversation in public if you don't want others to hear it."

[tref]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

As I told an airman many years ago when she tried to get mad at me for listening to her conversation, "Don't have a private conversation in public if you don't want others to hear it."

Bingo! I hate when they use the excuse of "not talking to you" while talking about you loud enough for you to hear.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by tref

Bingo! I hate when they use the excuse of "not talking to you" while talking about you loud enough for you to hear.

Had one of those a few weeks ago with a coach addressing his player. I told the coach he needs to keep those comments out of my earshot.

[ODog]

Tourney in CT last weekend:

New partner, never met her before. 1 minute into the game, I'm the trail, a shot bounces on the top of the backboard, falls back into play and my partner (lead on the endline underneath the basket) whistles out of bounds. Ughhh, long day ahead: PCA -- fail; Rules -- fail. At the first timeout, I say, "On that shot a minute or so ago, looked to me like it just bounced on the top of the backboard. What'd you see there?"

"Oh, well I'm from Massachusetts," (so am I) "and up there, top of the backboard is out of bounds." I tried to explain the rule but she just said, "We can do it your way." So we did it "my" way for that game, but be forewarned: she's out there and was unswayed by my attempts at polite reform.

So it's not just the fans, coaches and players, fellas. The horror show is across the board.

Same tourney, different game. A1, inbounding on the endline, passes to a teammate across the free-throw lane, the ball hitting the net as it enters the court. Team B coach asks, "Isn't the net out of bounds?" Just when you think you've heard it all, you discover there's a whole other level of thought you never knew was possible.


I went the sarcasm route -- never advisable -- and said, "That'd make scoring pretty tough, wouldn't it?" and luckily that was the proper tack with this coach, who laughed and gave an "Oh ... right" look.

AAU is like an outlaw society.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by ODog

Tourney in CT last weekend:

New partner, never met her before. 1 minute into the game, I'm the trail, a shot bounces on the top of the backboard, falls back into play and my partner (lead on the endline underneath the basket) whistles out of bounds. Ughhh, long day ahead: PCA -- fail; Rules -- fail. At the first timeout, I say, "On that shot a minute or so ago, looked to me like it just bounced on the top of the backboard. What'd you see there?"

"Oh, well I'm from Massachusetts," (so am I) "and up there, top of the backboard is out of bounds." I tried to explain the rule but she just said, "We can do it your way." So we did it "my" way for that game, but be forewarned: she's out there and was unswayed by my attempts at polite reform.
So it's not just the fans, coaches and players, fellas. The horror show is across the board.

Same tourney, different game. A1, inbounding on the endline, passes to a teammate across the free-throw lane, the ball hitting the net as it enters the court. Team B coach asks, "Isn't the net out of bounds?" Just when you think you've heard it all, you discover there's a whole other level of thought you never knew was possible.


I went the sarcasm route -- never advisable -- and said, "That'd make scoring pretty tough, wouldn't it?" and luckily that was the proper tack with this coach, who laughed and gave an "Oh ... right" look.

AAU is like an outlaw society.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Impossible. I'be worked with That Girl this summer, and she's not from Massachusetts.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Filling in for Padgett in his absence?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by ODog

A1, inbounding on the endline, passes to a teammate across the free-throw lane, the ball hitting the net as it enters the court. Team B coach asks, "Isn't the net out of bounds?".

Maybe he was thinking of the "side baskets" we occasionally see in the "down position" on a few of the courts where we may officiate. Usually with Catholic middle school kids, I say, before handing the ball to the inbounder, "Be careful, that (pointing up) basket is out of bounds." I hate to admit it, but here, in my little corner of Connecticut, we have a few high school courts like that.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by ODog

"Oh, well I'm from Massachusetts," (so am I) "and up there, top of the backboard is out of bounds."

Being from MA, I take offense at that.

[ODog]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Being from MA, I take offense at that.

Yup. As did I.

I think she thought, because we were in Conn., that invoking her out-of-stateness would make me think, "Oh, there must be fundamental differences in the basic rules of basketball from state to state" and cause me to just let her consistently enforce her fantasized rules from outside her PCA.

She wasn't banking on me being from the next town over from her. The MSBOA patch (with the state outline) on my sleeve didn't tip her off that her alibi wouldn't check out. Alas geography, much like basketball, just isn't her thing.

But you'd never convince her of that. She was definitely "that girl," as one of you so eloquently (and visually) put it. Sadly, she was no Marlo Thomas.

Scrapper, if it's any consolation, she wasn't an IAABO official.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by ODog

Tourney in CT last weekend:

New partner, never met her before. 1 minute into the game, I'm the trail, a shot bounces on the top of the backboard, falls back into play and my partner (lead on the endline underneath the basket) whistles out of bounds. Ughhh, long day ahead: PCA -- fail; Rules -- fail. At the first timeout, I say, "On that shot a minute or so ago, looked to me like it just bounced on the top of the backboard. What'd you see there?"

"Oh, well I'm from Massachusetts," (so am I) "and up there, top of the backboard is out of bounds." I tried to explain the rule but she just said, "We can do it your way." So we did it "my" way for that game, but be forewarned: she's out there and was unswayed by my attempts at polite reform.

So it's not just the fans, coaches and players, fellas. The horror show is across the board.

Same tourney, different game. A1, inbounding on the endline, passes to a teammate across the free-throw lane, the ball hitting the net as it enters the court. Team B coach asks, "Isn't the net out of bounds?" Just when you think you've heard it all, you discover there's a whole other level of thought you never knew was possible.


I went the sarcasm route -- never advisable -- and said, "That'd make scoring pretty tough, wouldn't it?" and luckily that was the proper tack with this coach, who laughed and gave an "Oh ... right" look.

AAU is like an outlaw society.

Female official? She'll work the state HS finals in about 3 years and have a full D-1 schedule in about 5 and think it's because she's a great official.