During Monday's JV game I had a player tackled as he approached the goal line. The ball came loose and rolled into the end zone where 2 B players attempted to recover before it rolled over the end line. I turned to signal TB and noticed that the ball carrier was down with an obvious broken leg.
We sent both teams to their benches, called for the trainers and an ambulance. It took about 20 minutes for the ambulance to show up. During this time the trainers from both teams and a couple of coaches gathered around the injured player. They talked to the player and tried to comfort him and keep him calm.
What bothered me about this incident was that nobody bothered to bring out a blanket for him. It was a cooler evening with some light rain falling and here's this kid just lying on the ground, writhing in pain, possibly going into shock and nobody has the brains to get him a blanket.
At what point do you make this suggestion to the trainers or coaches? Or do you say nothing at all?
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