Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Wednesday 2/3

OK, so today.... not a whole lot happened during the day but something has happened that is quite interesting just a few hours ago! So my husband was playing a men's league basketball game and i decided to take score and stats for them so that the players on the bench didn't have to. My husband's younger sister was helping me out and i was helping her make sure the score was accurate. Well, she was having a brief moment of difficulty with the score board and I was taking a second to help her get the score right and one of the players on the other team freaked out because he thought we were taking away his points, which we weren't I was only fixing the score and my husband's sister had accidentally given them too much so I was correcting the score. Anyway, so he comes by and says you need to count that and I politely said don't worry about it the score is right. Then about 2 minutes later, thinking the matter was solved, the player complains to the ref that we weren't keeping accurate score so they stopped the game to check the score with the stats sheet and of course it was correct. Honestly, I felt that there was no need for him to over react to the situation. For one thing, I had no desire to cheat the score so my husband's team could win a game (that you would assume was played for fun). Anyway, the complaints never stopped the entire game. My husband's team ended up winning the game by twelve or so points. So even if, by some crazy chance, the score was two points off, the opposing team would not have won. Anyway, the game went on with this particular player complaining about everything, from fouls, to points, to jump balls. It was out of control. On top of it all every time he shot the ball he would fake a foul, which the refs occasionally fell for and when they didn't he would throw such a fit. Also, every time he stamped his little foot and didn't get his way, some lude comment would exit his mouth. Plus, he deemed himself the point guard of his team and decided that he would also be the coach. He yelled at all his teammates and would tell them exactly what to do he would even snap his fingers at them. It was ridiculous. I wouldn't have been so annoyed with the player if he hadn't involved my husband's sister and myself in his dramatic show. By the closing of the game, realizing his team was behind, the player frantically ran about the court trying to foul on ball and causing a ruckus. OK enough of me complaining.

I guess the reason for me to be so affected by this ordeal was the fact that I happened to know the player being such a jerk. He had once dated a friend of mine and we had the opportunity to hang out a few times. He seemed like a nice enough person and was a very devote Christian. I was quite impressed with his conversation topics, usually ending on religion. Which didn't affect me, being a Christian myself. So I was shocked by his performance on the court. When I first met him he had such an air about him that would make you feel that he assumed himself to be a little more christian than you. Which is fine, I am not the judge of that, and either is he. Well, I am under the assumption that when you are a bit cocky in this area you should also be very humble. Unfortunately that was not the case with this young man. He was so cruel on the court with his actions and words that I could not believe someone with such an arrogant attitude about his Christianity would even want to act that way. I am not trying to judge or pass judgement. I just pray that some day he will realize that his actions outside of Church and prayer time is viewed upon by others, especially non-believers and that he should be aware that how he acted did not portray himself as a Christian.

Please correct me if I am out of line on my opinion of the young man and his performance.

How should have I handled the situation differently?

I suppose I could have confronted him after the game and explained to him the situation with the score board. And possibly let him know exactly how I felt about his actions.

2 comments:

  1. Does his name start with a T and end with a ravis? Yeah, he can be cocky. I'm better off without him. I can't believe he was such an ass though! Wow. Let's kick him in the balls. I know that's immature but still.

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  2. you weren't out of line, he was and you shouldn't have to say anything! wow. people can be so crazy sometimes!

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