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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by Dan_ref
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Rough play can always be stopped by the coach, especially at the age level we're discussing.
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Gasp.....
Are you intimating that a coach might just possibly... maybe have the teeniest, weeniest, slightest, minisculest bit of responsibility for the way his kids actually play?
What a novel concept!
It'll never catch on though. It's always
sooooooo much easier to blame the real culprits- the officials.
Cleopatra wasn't the only Queen of Denile.
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Coaches and players have first and full responsibility for how kids play. Referees are in position to INFLUENCE how the kids play and how the coaches act by enforcing the rules. If the coaches and players continue their aggressive play, rule enforcement will amply penalize them: bonus, double bonus, flagrant fouls and maybe technicals. Continued non-compliance only hurts the offending team and it is their prerogative to act any way they choose. Denial is thinking that refs have no influence on a game. Of course we do, and, depending how tight or loose we call a game, undue influence.