It’s Monday and I haven’t had my coffee.
On Saturday, I wrote about the ball games that just wouldn’t end.
I know that every fan thinks the referees are against their team, and being a coach myself doesn’t increase my objectivity, but there are certain things that I know are fouls.
And yet, some referees wouldn’t know a fair game of basketball if they were forced to watch one over and over and over again like Malcolm McDowell watching scenes of ultra-violence in A Clockwork Orange.
In the past few weeks I’ve noticed things done to our teams that the referees have ignored:
Headlocks
Shoulders to the Chest
Body Slams
Shoving
Grabbing Ankles
Punches to the Head
I asked one referee if he knew he was officiating basketball and not football, UFC, or MMA.
I asked another how disabled our team would need to be before he’d call a foul against the other team.
I offered a third a (non-existent) coupon to Lens Crafters.
It’s a wonder I didn’t get thrown out.
One of our coaches did get a technical for asking the ref to call both ends of the court, so there’s that.
Seriously though, how can a player end up with a torn jersey, bloody nose, and dislocated 8th rib and there not be a foul ?!?!
Actual referee response:
We’re calling a good game. That’s all that matters.
Yeah, right. I’m certain the $30 extra dollars the home team gave you between games “because the night was running long” didn’t have anything to do with it at all.
Hint: if you’re going to tip your referees extra
(a) do it after the games have been played
(b) don’t tell your opponents
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Running In My Head 