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My very first "real" game was freshman girls. Mind you, I had only done 5 JH rec league games before this, so I was quite green. One coach called me by name the entire first half. "Julie, that was a travel!" "Julie, didn't you see that contact?" "Why aren't you calling that, Julie?" He even said it wrong like that with only one u. At least it felt wrong to me. I had no idea what to do. It didn't seem to be a T type of thing, but it didn't feel particularly respectful, either. I just ignored him completely. By the end of the game he had wound clear down and wasn't yelling anymore at all.
Later, I talked to my class teacher about it. He said, "You managed to get Mr Abcd (full name) to stop yelling at you?! None of us has managed that!"
I still feel more comfortable with "Ref", though.
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