No Good T Stories?

[bob jenkins]

Coach's misbehavior earned him a T.

:shrug:

That's not much of a story, but it's all the story most of them should be.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Coach's misbehavior earned him a T. That's not much of a story, but it's all the story most of them should be.

Reminds me of this: "Dog Bites Man" is not a story. "Man Bites Dog", now that's a story.

[jTheUmp]

3 Ts so far this year.

2 for adding numbers to the book in the waning moments of the game when the scrubs were being subbed in.

1 on a coach for ABS.

[zm1283]

Had one for grasping the ring during warmups. We started with a T and the coach got to sit. He also benched the offending player for most of the first half.

My only other one was a player who threw his hands up and yelled "And one" toward me as a teammate was shooting during the first quarter. I should have whacked him immediately but decided to warn him very specifically at the next whistle (Which just happened to be a hand check on him) Fast forward to about three minutes left in the game. I'm the Lead in transition and he gets the ball stolen. Instead of turning around to go play defense he throws his hand up in the air at me again and starts to say something, so I stuck him. The HC wanted to blame me and give me the old "You can't call that with three minutes left in a seven point game" routine. I had to remind him that I warned his player right in front of him and I knew he heard it.

[DLH17]

Youth level: T to an assistant after stopping the game after a made FTA to tell the head coach (who was sitting next to the assistant at that moment) he is the only bench personnel I want to hear anything from during the game. Assistant looks at me and starts to laugh sarcastically out loud in a display of complete disrepect.

WHACK

[egj13]

Originally Posted by DLH17

Youth level: T to an assistant after stopping the game after a made FTA to tell the head coach (who was sitting next to the assistant at that moment) he is the only bench personnel I want to hear anything from during the game. Assistant looks at me and starts to laugh sarcastically out loud in a display of complete disrepect.

WHACK

In a youth game? I do close to 100 travel tournament/middle school games a year and haven't given a single "T" out in the last 3 years...Highschool is a different story but I get a kick out of guys that give "Ts" in youth sports...

[Adam]

Originally Posted by egj13

In a youth game? I do close to 100 travel tournament/middle school games a year and haven't given a single "T" out in the last 3 years...Highschool is a different story but I get a kick out of guys that give "Ts" in youth sports...

I give more in those games. High school coaches just behave better and actually respond to warnings.

[DLH17]

Originally Posted by egj13

In a youth game? I do close to 100 travel tournament/middle school games a year and haven't given a single "T" out in the last 3 years...Highschool is a different story but I get a kick out of guys that give "Ts" in youth sports...

Yep. I demand respect from coaches at any level towards any crew I'm working with and hold coaches accountable. I don't go looking for opportunities to whack coaches, but, when the situation requires it, I won't hesitate.

[deecee]

Originally Posted by egj13

In a youth game? I do close to 100 travel tournament/middle school games a year and haven't given a single "T" out in the last 3 years...Highschool is a different story but I get a kick out of guys that give "Ts" in youth sports...

The lower the level the more T's. I think it's 2 things. They don't know better and they don't know how to listen when spoken to.

[Terrapins Fan]

Originally Posted by zm1283

The HC wanted to blame me and give me the old "You can't call that with three minutes left in a seven point game" routine.

"Can you show me where that is in the rule book coach?"

[Forksref]

0 T's so far this year. I give about 2 a year. As my eyes get worse, so does my hearing. Sorry to bore you.

[the24kid]

I didn't give the t... but its a pretty good story. Got a last minute call to do a big varsity 730 tilt on a Friday night.. team a is a big AA school with a big ole loud mouth, unpopular to the refs coach, against an A team... since the A team was home.. turns into a 2 man game rather then a 3 man had it been at the AA school.. working with a big time ref.. this is my big break so I'm nervous as you could imagine... got a lot of tips from fellow refs who worked games for this clown... so I had a good idea how I was going to approach the situation if anything arose...

The game was a good up and down contest.. the whole first quarter and mid second quarter go without incident. Team A has a big 6'5 linebacking looking kid who gets the ball down the weak side post... I come ball side and team AA has a little guy come from behind and whack down on team A big man... I come up with the foul... I could have passed on it because it was ball/little arm but I blew and came out strong. Coach AA was not too happy(but he never is with officials)... I went and reported... went to my position as it was one and one...

The next thing I hear is TWEEEETTT technical foul... "But I wasn't talking to you... I was talking to him.. why can't he defend himself?" Turns out that as I walked away.. the coach said to no one in particular... "Go back to the freshman level" My partner was obviously not having any of this and whacked him right away... Now the coach is notorious for this type of behavior but I thought it was great that the vet took care of his rook.. now the question is..

If you would have heard what the coach said as the rook how would you have reacted?

There were no other incidents from him the rest of the game

[Terrapins Fan]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

3 Ts so far this year.

2 for adding numbers to the book in the waning moments of the game when the scrubs were being subbed in.

1 on a coach for ABS.

2 different games or the same game?

If it's the same game, is that 1 T or 2?

I thought book administrations were 1 T no matter how many infractions.

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

3 Ts so far this year.

2 for adding numbers to the book in the waning moments of the game when the scrubs were being subbed in.

1 on a coach for ABS.

Originally Posted by Terrapins Fan

2 different games or the same game?

If it's the same game, is that 1 T or 2?

I thought book administrations were 1 T no matter how many infractions.

2 different games.
First one was a varsity game, about 2 minutes left on the clock. Visiting Coach was incensed, claiming that the home scorekeeper 'copied the names and numbers off the varsity roster, and NOT the names he had in his scorebook'. Home scorekeeper (the AD, incidentally), claimed that he was never given the visitors scorebook. That was fun. (He had to add a second number to the scorebook a minute later, and the Home Coach wanted a second T.

You are correct; only one technical is given to a team for roster issues, regardless of how many changes need to be made. (10-1-2)

The second one was in a JV game 3 days later. Coach was completely understanding and even apologetic, because "it's my fault, I didn't give the scorekeeper the correct list". That game, incidentally, also happened to be the game where I gave out the ABS T (to the other coach).

[Terrapins Fan]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

2 different games.
First one was a varsity game, about 2 minutes left on the clock. Visiting Coach was incensed, claiming that the home scorekeeper 'copied the names and numbers off the varsity roster, and NOT the names he had in his scorebook'. Home scorekeeper (the AD, incidentally), claimed that he was never given the visitors scorebook. That was fun. (He had to add a second number to the scorebook a minute later, and the Home Coach wanted a second T.

When the R meets the coaches, we take the book to the coach and say " Coach are these your players for tonight and are their numbers correct?"

They almost always say "yes". Case closed.