Scholarship table
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Re No. 5: Yeah, I know...thanks to the idiot coach and my kid's crappy teammates.
It just keeps getting worse and worse...Was at a game today where a parent got in the face and tried to start of fight because the kid yelled "Cheeseburger" and faked sneezed during a free throw. The kicker? the parent screamed "have some class" in the kids face.
I don't think you can say it's getting worse and worse. I coached little league baseball from 93-96 and there were awesome parents, complaining parents, and abusive belligerent parents. We were the only coaches in the league that didn't have kids of our own and we oftentimes had to remind parents that they were welcome to take over if they could do better. Surprisingly no one did.Those kids may have kids now old enough to be playing in that same league. Scary.
We had a coach (who'd donated large $$) who berated a 13-year old umpire, enough so that other coaches and parents intervened. Police were called and he was removed. The kicker was, weeks later, his team won the championship, much to the joy of no one.He did it again the next year, and was banned from the park.I mean, jesus, what's the #1 thing you do not do? Berate a 13 year old umpire? Are you freaking kidding me?
My brother, (18-20) at the time used to ump beer league softball in my hometown. No idea why he did it. 20-50 year old men are extremely mean... sorta like 13 year old girls.Didn't stop my brother from throwing more than a few out of games for it. I think he got a bit of satisfaction from that part.
I reffed the highly-competitive intramural basketball at Marquette. Those guys were the worst. I am sorry you didn't get a D-1 scholly, but don't take it out on me.
I reffed the highly-competitive intramural basketball league at Marquette. Those guys were the worst. Look, I am sorry you didn't get a D-1 scholly, but don't take it out on me.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
It just keeps getting worse and worse...Was at a game today where a parent got in the face and tried to start of fight because the kid yelled "Cheeseburger" and faked sneezed during a free throw. The kicker? the parent screamed "have some class" in the kids face.Another one from last week parents actively cheering for their child's team to lose because their kid wasn't playing.And the final one, a kid got an inadvertent elbow to the face on a rebound, completely accidental. The parent moves from their seat behind the opposing teams bench to scream at the players for the rest of the game.
Had one of those parents the other night.Yelling because.... she didn't like the way my team set picks played defense, got the ball to a hot shooter, held the ball with a 10 point lead and 3 minutes left. Didn't like the refs for a 5th grade basketball game. Didn't like the way the coach of her kid's team.... didn't stop the pick and roll, didn't play her kid more, didn't yell at the refs enough and that we only won because their best player was gone.Bad enough that by the end of the game, everyone had moved away from her and she had the section of bleachers to herself. And then she went to the other coach after the game.I sent an email to the parents of my team thanking them for not acting like that.
The one thing I don't do in youth basketball is hold the the ball unless it's under a minute. I'll tell them to slow down but I'm training these kids to be successful at the high school level. Not win at the youth. This is why my tallest kid isnt stuck inside the paint the entire game etc. Teaching them to hold the ball with 3 minutes isn't going to help them out when the inevitable shot clock comes to high school in a couple years.