Couldn't agree more M&M. I was really glad to work that crappy game at the end with a very good official. I learned alot by working with him through a terribly physical, borderline out of control game. It was by far the worst I've been involved in. I thought we handled it about as well as we could have. I probably should have tossed a player in the first half, and after working a game like that, I know I will for sure the next time it happens. Player A d's up B near the sideline, in front of the bench. He bodied up B and I called the push. After the initial contact, A gives B a two handed shove oob for some reason. I should have tossed him, but as I hit my whistle, his coach was already all over him and gettting a sub in. I trusted that the coach was handling it, so I didn't give A the boot. Looking back I should have and next time (hopefully never, but realistically it will happen) I will toss a player in a similar situation.
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