Heckle and Jeckle...

I consider myself a professional heckler because I know how to get under people's skin without using profanity or taking personal shots at them. Of course, this talent has had to develop over time because my freshmen year of college I'd pretty much say anything at the basketball and volleyball games I attended. I take pride in my heckling. Being able to be witty and not disrespectful is not an easy thing. Possibly my best performance came this past Saturday at the NAIA championship volleyball game between MY California Baptist University Lancers and the Concordia Eagles. This was a big deal for our Lady Lancers because last year they were pretty much the worse team in all of NAIA and now they were in the championship game.
Well, Concordia's Libero (which is the back row specialist wearing the different colored jersey, if you aren't familiar with v-ball) wasn't very good. She couldn't pass well, and always seemed out of position for digs, and if you're a Libero these two things are essential. So I targeted her, and kept yelling for our girls to serve her, and hit at her. There was this ball that fell in front of her and she totally could have gotten to it had she made any kind of effort. I then yelled at her, "You gotta lay out Libero, this the championship game, and you gotta lay out". Immediately following that the Concordia coach turned around and looked at me and then got up and came over and said "You know what? These girls are giving it their all, and its NOT COOL that you are saying stuff to them. Totally NOT COOL!" Well, I'm sure I could've responded to her sarcastically, but to not raise the level of the situation, I just smiled and nodded. She then proceeded to point me out to the referee who then told the facilities manager, who then called down my old Athletic Director (who knows me quite well) and he came and talked to me. I told him what I said and he kind of just laughed it off and said "Is that all?".
Now, this doesn't appear to be that great of a heckling job, but I was not aware of who this coach was. She is a former 3 time NCAA champion, 3 time medalist winner, and in the volleyball hall of fame. So I feel pretty good that my little comments could get under the skin of such a prestigious volleyball entity, And our ladies won the championship!!! Go Lady Lancers...