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Originally posted by Whistles & Stripes
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Originally posted by Forksref
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Originally posted by Snake~eyes
Ed, I think your biggest mistake was telling him that was enough multiple times. I'm going to tell youth coaches only once, then I'm flagging. I would not have told him enough after the first flag, if hes not smart enough to shutup after the first flag then he will be tossed. I would have immeditely flagged when he said "See what you did."
I have very little tolerance for youth coaches. They just don't know when to stop.
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My tolerance for youth coaches ended many years ago when I stopped doing those games.
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Ya know, I get so sick and tired of guys that think they're "too good" to work these lower level games. You wonder why kids in HS are getting more and more out of line all the time. It's because these youth games are left to the 1st-3rd year officials who really don't know how to handle them, and, like the original poster, they give too much leeway. Throw the damn flags for cryin out loud, and give some deserving coaches/players an early shower a time or two. That alone will go a long way in cleaning up some of this $hit!!
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I'm not too good to work these games, rather I choose not to work them. We don't have assigning associations where I live, so it's not a matter of me turning those games down, but rather not seeking them in the first place.
My first season here I worked youth games. About 6 weeks in, the program decided they didn't want an official flagging coaches who came onto the field to get in official's faces. Well, that means I quit.
Last season I had an eighth grader direct an f-bomb right at me. Ejected him on the spot. Coach came onto the field and threatened me. Kid said he'd put a cap in my a$$. Went to the house.
Haven't worked any of that nonsense since. I can do HS fall baseball on Saturdays, make $90, and not have my blood pressure challenged.