And It almost ended up with a T. I Warned the kid the first shot. 2nd Shot I called the shooter back up to the line for a 3rd shot. He missed the 2nd. Everytime he would goto shoot... Before the ball even left his hand this kid would say MISS! really loud. Like the parentso n the other side of the gym could hear it. So we shot another shot. Coach said his players could talk all they wanted in the lane. During halftime I took my rule book out of my pocket and said Coach your welcome to look up the rule. (he was still goiong on about it) He grabbed th book and said this is NFHS whatever that is. This league is based off of UIL rules. I almost laughed. I happened to have the first page of the UIL rule book printed out for a situation like this. It clearly states that the UIL rulebook for basketball is the NFHS rulebook with the some of the following exceptions (merely administration stuff, coaching, coach box,etc... everything is bigger in texas except our coaches boxes) He said that wasnt good enough and I cant call a disgrace again on his player. My partner finally stopped laughing from the whats this NFHS thing? question corrected to coach. First free throw of the 2nd half my partner called disconcertation on the same kid. Coach said huh, I guess you know what ur talking about kid. : Shrug: one more reason im done with this leauge.

Never carry your rule book in your back pocket. If you want to keep it in your bag and use it during halftime or between games, fine. But don't carry it with you and don't pull it out on a coach.

Like Tony said do not carry your book out on the floor. If you want to quit this league then fine, but don't let the jerks run you out. Learning how to deal with the jerks is on the job training.

There is one rec league that I worked for a couple years, in which there were a lot of jerks -- parents, coaches, players. It was good for me to work it for a while but when my time got full of other games, I didn't feel bad about dropping it. But I learned a lot, and it was valuable experience. I suggest you get one of those more experienced refs that can handle this stuff, I think you said there were a couple, and work only with them. Tell them you want suggestions of how you could be more like them. Absorb. It'll pay huge dividends in the long run, I think.

Chuck and Juulie falling down on the job
 

This thread's been up for a couple of days, and neither one of you has called Ace on unwittingly coming up with a new noun: "disconcertation." I'm disappointed in the both of you.

John

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I was going to mention it, but I thought it was a real word meaning "say bad things about a concert".

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John --

I try to get sticky about grammar only when it's really funny, or when I think someone is being an icehole (how's that for a new euphemism?!) and I can use grammar to get snotty back. At least that's what JimNazium thinks I do.

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New?!?! NEW?!?!?! Have you never seen the movie "Johnny Dangerously"?!?!?!

Chuck

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Speaking of that....

Q. What did Beethoven leave on the piano bench shortly before he died?
A. His final movement

Q. What does Beethoven do now that he's dead?
A. Spends most of his time decomposing.

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Frankly, no. How old is it?!?

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Did you hear about the constipated accountant?

He's OK now. He penciled it out. :p

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I knew we could count on him to work it out.

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Frankly, no. How old is it?!? [/B][/QUOTE]
Made in 1984.

http://www.fast-rewind.com/johnnydangerously.htm

Hey,Chuck are you at camp or going this weekend?

I'm heading to Orlando tomorrow. NunnBetter starts Friday! I'm pretty stoked.