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On Friday Night we had an unsportsmanlike on the HC of Blue Team. On the next possession White Team has a 35 yard run to the goal. At the one yard line the player, while being tackled, extends the ball to the goal and the ball comes loose. Does it go out at the 1/2 yard line, does the player have control of the ball as it hits the goal, does he loose control and the ball goes out the side of the end zone? BJ, standing at the goal at the hash mark, starts to go up for TD but then drops because wants to check with LJ. LJ has him stepping out at the 1 yard line-then the fumble. Really tough call with 5 man mechanics. Since LJ trails the play by 4-5 yards how does he know the staus of the ball as is relates to the goal? How does BJ know status of the ball when the player steps out of bounds? We went with A's ball at the one yard line.
I told my wing what happened and he relayed the outcome of the play to Blue Coach. Allthough it's across the field from him he's sure the ball was loose before the goal, that it went through the end zone and out the sideline. He's screams at me, from 4 yards onto the field at the 15 yard line "Did the ball get fumbled through the end zone?". He knows what happened because my wing had just told him-he's just pissed. I looked at him and yelled "No-now get off the field". Questions (1)Should the coach have been tossed? He's already got one Unsport foul. (2) Should I have gone over to him rather then bark at him? (3) Should we simply have given him a sideline warning and move on? I'd be happy to hear any and all thoughts.
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