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Message: [QUOTE="Hey Adrien!, post: 4726353, member: 5787"] Luckily, I've had good coaches throughout my childhood, but then again, I never played in anything that was higher than rec leagues. There are two coaches I've coached against in basketball that take the cake for me, for different reasons. One day, I had to sub in to coach 5th/6th grade girls' basketball since the coach was sick. We were losing 32-0 at the end of the third quarter. Why? They had a 5'9 athlete who would spearhead a half-court trap and then just score on transition layups. The girl played [I]every minute[/I] of the first three quarters. This was early in my coaching, so I was green and more timid, but by that point, I asked the coach [I]what is she still doing in the game? [/I]and his response was [I]she's a sixth grader, she's eligible[/I] or something like that. The worst thing was that he has a seven player bench. Anyways, I let my AD know, the school's AD sent me a personal apology and I learned that coach was not asked back after that season. Another is a guy who hounds the refs all. the. time. For everything. Older guy, so I guess he's old school? I've developed a good relationship with the guy who refs most of our games and after one tirade, the ref walks to me and says [I]what's this guy's deal? no offense, but you guys are freakin' coaching middle school! [/I]Got a good laugh from that one. [/QUOTE]