Sebastian is my seven-year old and he says some of the funniest things–we have no idea where he gets his material since his mother and I are rather boring, serious people.
As I have mentioned a few times before, I coach both of my sons’ basketball teams. I was a high school varsity head coach for over a decade so I feel I know the game fairly well. Sometimes too well as was witnessed a couple of weeks ago by Sebastian.
After a rather intense game, which was not attended by my wife, she asked Sebastian (who was sitting on the bench with me during the game) how it went.
My wife: “How did the game go Choo [one of our nicknames for Sebastian]?”
Sebastian: “Not good. They lost. Jaden [arguably the team’s best player] fouled out. We needed him.
[Pause]
“And daddy was jumping up and down yelling.”
My wife; “Who was he yelling at?”
Sebastian: “The refs. They didn’t know what they were doing.”
My wife: “And how did that make you feel, daddy yelling at the refs?”
Sebastian: [almost immediately]: “Fine!”
My wife: “Fine???”
Seba: “Yeah. He wasn’t yelling at me.”
[In a particularly stunning upset, Nathan’s team beat the previously undefeated top team in the league (and a team that beat us by 20 during the regular season) 34-31 to advance to the league finals. Of the 34 points, 20 were scored from the free throw line.]
the drunken cyclist 
Sounds like excellent coaching! Getting in the refs head early.
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Ha! Well, I am not sure about “excellent”….
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“Excellent”, “productive”, whatever you want to call it.
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“Unhinged”?
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I’m not a huge basketball fan and don’t know all the rules, but from what I read there was a whole lot of fouling going on in that game!
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Yeah, the other team was a bit aggressive….
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Bloody refs 😉
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They tend to ruin just about everything when we lose, but they are alright when we win….
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It’s always the poor officiating!
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Particularly when they call the foul on us!
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“A bit aggressive”? Sounds more like roid rage! Just how old were these “kids”?
Good luck, Nathan, at the Finals!
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Our team actually shot 37 free throws, so yeah, there was a lot of hacking going on.
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