Got any good quotes?

[jchamp]

I was working the box with a complete rookie on his first ever game in stripes (has college and a brief NFL playing career) working as HL in a Freshman game. After a couple of normal rookie mistakes, the coach has been getting furious and finally shouts "you're the worst official in the world!" Our rookie pauses for a moment, turns and looks right at him and says, "Yes coach, I am, and I'm the best one on your sideline."

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by jchamp

I was working the box with a complete rookie on his first ever game in stripes (has college and a brief NFL playing career) working as HL in a Freshman game. After a couple of normal rookie mistakes, the coach has been getting furious and finally shouts "you're the worst official in the world!" Our rookie pauses for a moment, turns and looks right at him and says, "Yes coach, I am, and I'm the best one on your sideline."

Honestly, if you've not ever been 'the worst official in the history of football', you haven't done enough games yet.

[jchamp]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Honestly, if you've not ever been 'the worst official in the history of football', you haven't done enough games yet.

I got my W.O.W. award for football during my second season around the time of Ed Hochuli's infamous IW against the Chargers. It was coincidentally the next weekend that I had my second and last IW. Near the end of the game, the coach had calmed down and politely asked me what my name is, I responded "Ed Hochuli". He was halfway through asking me how I spell that when he got the joke.

[PA-28-181]

We had a game last year with the score 56 - 0 in the 3rd. After a kick off with his team down, the coach claps his hands and says "OK boys, let's make some memories"!!!

Same game same coach, 1st & 10 from the 15 for the other team. I hear the coach clear as a bell, look my right and he is on the 5 yard line talking to his defense. I asked him, "coach where are you supposed to be?"

I love first time coaches.

[InsideTheStripe]

Yesterday. Youth game.

After handing the ball to the kicker, I head over to my sideline and am greeted by the head coach who has the following request: "Keep it fair today".

I respond (with a straight face), "Sorry, coach. You lost the coin toss in the parking lot. You're getting screwed today."

[Forksref]

Heard a good one this week. JH game. A team is getting beat by 40 points. That team's offensive line is blown up. I see 5 B shirts in the backfield making the tackle on the poor running back. After the play is over one of the offensive linemen tell me, "You wanna watch the holding?" OK, I shouldn't laugh out loud but I did.

[bcl1127]

This is not the coach's quote as he was just a dumbfounded...

Me - "You have a tinted visor, it needs to go"

Player - "It's one of those that turns tinted in the bright light"

Me - "Who cares, and by bright light, you mean the light from the lights barely lighting the field?"

Later in the game, flags the same kid for Unsportsmanlike conduct.

Coach - "What were you doing out there?"

Player - "I was doing my Ray Lewis over the guy I tackled."

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Honestly, if you've not ever been 'the worst official in the history of football', you haven't done enough games yet.

I never have been. But I have made "the worst ever!" a bunch of times!!

[Reffing Rev.]

I can't remember if I posted this before...

A's line is getting eaten alive. After 3 TFL on their first series and 2 TFL on the second they call a timeout, coach comes out and he asks, what is going? what are they doing? One of the O lineman said, "They're doing some weird stuff coach."

[buckrog64]

We were working a couple of smaller schools and one coach and his staff had a pretty poor reputation for their behavior. That particular night was no different. After a couple of calls didn't go his way, he hollered to me, 'The way you ref, that's why you are working in 'such and such' town,' as if this small town had rotten football despite its state championships noted on their scoreboard and we couldn't get better assignments. I looked over to him and said, 'well coach, I'm not sure what it means but you as the AD thought we were good enough to work at your place in a couple of weeks.'