ODD Sayings

[Triad zebra]

What are some of the oddest hinges that your partner(s) have said?
While A1 was lying injured and being attended to on the court the remaining players walked over toward there coach. Coach was talking to the 4 players and U2 said something to coach to really tick him off. At the end of game I asked what he had said and the U2 said he told the coach that he couldn't coach during an injury T/O. He said he was told that by a senior official in his prior game.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Triad zebra

What are some of the oddest hinges that your partner(s) have said?
While A1 was lying injured and being attended to on the court the remaining players walked over toward there coach. Coach was talking to the 4 players and U2 said something to coach to really tick him off. At the end of game I asked what he had said and the U2 said he told the coach that he couldn't coach during an injury T/O. He said he was told that by a senior official in his prior game.

The "senior" official must have been a soccer official.

MTD, Sr.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

The "senior" official must have been a soccer official.

MTD, Sr.

With magic spray.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

With magic spray.

In the old days, that would be a magic sponge.

[maven]

Originally Posted by Rich

In the old days, that would be a magic sponge.

I thought those were taken off the market for failure to prevent.

[rsl]

I'm having a normal game, neither coach causing problems. Near the end of the second quarter one coach approaches me with a serious look.

"In the first quarter we were ahead on the foul count 7 to 2. Now it is tied at 8 to 8. Why are all the calls going their way?"

Really, coach? I had a hard time not laughing.

[bainsey]

I just caught this...

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

With magic spray.

Oh yeah?! I'll have you know, sir, I ordered some of that magic spray ("Spuni") for me and my assigner this year. That stuff was hard to find. The vendor was in Brazil, there was nothing on his website about shipping to the states, so I had to use translate.google.com several times to get pricing on foreign shipping.

It was worth it. The crowd reaction I got when I first used the stuff -- in Howland -- was priceless.

[Stat-Man]

Originally Posted by Triad zebra

What are some of the oddest hinges that your partner(s) have said?

Before I took the officiating plunge, I witnessed an official tell a 5/6 grade boys team they could not drink water during a 30 second timeout or else he'd assess a technical foul.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by Stat-Man

Before I took the officiating plunge, I witnessed an official tell a 5/6 grade boys team they could not drink water during a 30 second timeout or else he'd assess a technical foul.

Such instruction was given when 20 second timeouts were first added under NFHS rules.

[dailydoseofLZ]

Working a girls jv/v game. During the jv game, home team defender goes to box out the shooter and backs her out of her spot,,,, moves her about 4 feet. I call a foul on the defender. Home coach questions the call. He states that this is a legal play "as long as it is a box out"....

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by dailydoseofLZ

Working a girls jv/v game. During the jv game, home team defender goes to box out the shooter and backs her out of her spot,,,, moves her about 4 feet. I call a foul on the defender. Home coach questions the call. He states that this is a legal play "as long as it is a box out"....

I had this coach a couple of times. The same move is legal on the other end, too, "as long as it is a post up."