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Jamie Keefer |
BoysBasketball |
2016-12-12 |
West Ridge Academy |
Statement from Referee Terrence Ellis
To whom it may concern,
The coach for West Ridge Academy was out of control from the very start of the game. In the first 15 seconds he was yelling at his players and in the first minute he was yelling at my partner and I about the other team playing dirty. We told him we hadn’t seen any dirty play and would look for it.In the 2nd quarter he continued to complain about the other team stating they were tripping and kicking his players. Again my partner and I discussed this and neither of us saw anything that could be construed as dirty.
The head coach’s unprofessionalism rubbed off on his assistant who started to bark at my partner about the same issues and my partner issued the assistant a technical. The head coach got even more upset and per my partner he stated that neither of us are qualified to ref this level of basketball. At this point my partner told the coach we were done talking. The third quarter was fairly quiet until about one minute left in the third. His team was on a fast break and his player was fouled. I signaled the foul but before I could report it the coach was on the court screaming that this was bull crap and someone was going to get hurt. I told the coach that I had the foul and he stated he didn’t care and that this was all bull crap. I told the coach that was enough and he said no it isn’t its bull crap. (This entire dialogue is at a yell from the coach)
At this point I issued the first technical to the head coach. I reported it to the table and I walked away to the other side of the court. My partner then started to give instructions to the school for the deaf & blind as to what was going to happen; (Todd is proficient in signing). At this point the head coach starts yelling at him and telling him that this was all bullcrap. Todd told the coach to please calm down because he didn’t want to eject him. The coach said he didn’t care and continued his tirade. At this point Todd issued the 2nd technical and I told the coach he had to leave the court. At first he refused to leave and after several requests I told him if he didn’t leave he would forfeit the game. The coach then left the confines of the court and we were able to finish the game.
Statement from Umpire Todd Thurston,
First quarter West Ridge coach was upset about dirty play and we discussed it. He continued barking at me so I said coach we are done and gave him an official warning. His assistance started barking and I asked him to please sit Down and he continued to bark about some trip. I have him a T. This settled down things until the end of the third. Coach from West Ridge was given a T by Terrence. The coach was very upset I tried to settle him down by stating we want
To keep him in the game. He started screaming at us that this was bull crap several times and I ejected him with a second T.
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