One of the weird quirks about Ultimate is that its self refereed.
90% of the time this isn't a problem, but when you have a close game, or your spot in the standings is in trouble this can lead to some really 'interesting' calls.
Aggressive teams will call anything, in order to try and win an advantage by being litigious. We're generally a pretty easy-go-lucky team, if we feel the call is in a gray zone we'll gladly restart the play.
Well last night didn't go quite as smoothly as I would have liked. The previous week we managed to tie the team we were playing, effectively knocking them out of contention to play for first in the playoffs. This week, due to a scheduling quirk, we played the same team. Only this time, they were a little pissed about being knocked out.
So they decided to call EVERYTHING. Every disc that was on the line, every field movement that might have been a pick, every point that was to close to call.
One of the unwritten rules of the game is when a call is made, only the people on the field can argue. People on the bench stay out of it.
However, there was one player on the other team, we'll call her 'Trucker X' who decided this unwritten rule didn't apply to her. She decided to open her yap and throw in her two cents from wherever she was, the bench, the field, buried underneath her defender. Sarcastic comments, just loud enough to be heard by everyone were her forte.
So everytime she opened her mouth so say something nasty, I shot a sarcastic comment right back across her bow.
We won the game, barely. But it sure wasn't my greatest moment on the field.
90% of the time this isn't a problem, but when you have a close game, or your spot in the standings is in trouble this can lead to some really 'interesting' calls.
Aggressive teams will call anything, in order to try and win an advantage by being litigious. We're generally a pretty easy-go-lucky team, if we feel the call is in a gray zone we'll gladly restart the play.
Well last night didn't go quite as smoothly as I would have liked. The previous week we managed to tie the team we were playing, effectively knocking them out of contention to play for first in the playoffs. This week, due to a scheduling quirk, we played the same team. Only this time, they were a little pissed about being knocked out.
So they decided to call EVERYTHING. Every disc that was on the line, every field movement that might have been a pick, every point that was to close to call.
One of the unwritten rules of the game is when a call is made, only the people on the field can argue. People on the bench stay out of it.
However, there was one player on the other team, we'll call her 'Trucker X' who decided this unwritten rule didn't apply to her. She decided to open her yap and throw in her two cents from wherever she was, the bench, the field, buried underneath her defender. Sarcastic comments, just loud enough to be heard by everyone were her forte.
So everytime she opened her mouth so say something nasty, I shot a sarcastic comment right back across her bow.
We won the game, barely. But it sure wasn't my greatest moment on the field.
1 comment:
I like the use of the term/moniker "Trucker X". Puts this woman into perspective for me. :P
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