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Originally Posted by PYRef
Jurassic, I wasn't there and don't know exactly what happened in this case, but according to the OP I think the officials were wrong (there, I said it!) for allowing the game to even continue. You would have forfeited that game long before that too, so don't even tell me that you think it was handled properly.
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You're right in that I would have forfeited that game a heckuva lot earlier. Personally, I wouldn't have gone to the assistant coach in the first place. I would have had the timer put 60 seconds on the clock after the head coach refused to leave, watch it run down while ignoring the head coach, and if he isn't on his way out the door at the end of 60 seconds, the game's over. And....I've done exactly that in similar situations before.
What I personally would or wouldn't have done isn't the point that I was trying to make though. The officials
on the spot did what they thought was best to try and save that game. Maybe they were wrong in letting it go too far, but that conclusion is only dependant on the end results of their efforts. If what they tried to do had worked, we wouldn't be having this discussion. At no time, though, did the officials
cause any of this mess. They only
reacted to the unsporting actions of others. You may be able to fault their judgement
after the fact but you can't in any way, shape or form imo blame them for what actually transpired. They didn't add fuel to the fire; they tried to put out the fire. There's a huge difference between the two.