I hate the phrase, "I'm fighting for my players". Never have known what it means beyond, "I didn't like the last couple calls against our team".

Ding ding ding.

Or the announcers excusing a ranting, raving lunatic of a coach with "He's just standing up for his players."

I hate the phrase "It's for the kids" as much as anything.

I despise anyone telling me that there's a right and wrong reason for officiating. My reasons are my reasons.

I get physically nauseous when I see it.

Maybe i'm just hungry.

I gotcha. I've ruffled a few feathers & pinched a few nerves. I'm dealing w/ a fraternity of brothers that I don't have any part of.

I apologize. I never stated why you all do it or said there's a right or wrong way of reffing. When I said "fight for the kids." I was referring to the point that for the most part the kids can only talk to the ref about so much. They don't know how to talk to refs. I always tell the kids, you play and let me talk to the refs. Yes, I may not have liked a call but I'm not going to use that phrase as a cop out.

If this has already been mentioned I overlooked it, forgive me. In case you didn't know, with .3 seconds left, if you roll the ball on the floor, you completely eliminate the already miniscule chance to score that you might have had, since you can only score on a tip at this point.