CYO Varsity (Grades 7&8) Girls Tournament last night. (Incidentally my 1400th game as a statistician).
Host AD comes out as one of the referees. Not too big of a deal since he did our previous game with no issues. Although his bold comment last night that he was officiating so that both teams got at least one well-officiated game made me take notice.
Our 8GG team this year is young and a bit inexperienced, so we've taken our lumps in all 3 games. Although we had a brief 2-0 lead last night (our first lead in 3 games), we ended up getting routed again.
Heres the part where I vent: With about a minute and a half left in the 4th quarter, and the game pretty much decided, our coach wanted a time out. And requests one from the closest referee, who happens to be the host AD. He ignores her repeated requests for a time out on that possession and the next one.
I realize as host AD, he wants games starting as on-schedule as possible, but that shouldn't be a reason to deny a time out request at any point of the game, regardless of the margin.
Thoughts?