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Originally posted by zebraman
I think the coach could have avoided the whole thing by not having the player that he/she was "saving" come out for the second half.
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This is what he was trying to do, and I required her to come out. That was the whole problem. He shouldn't have played her in the FIRST half, so that he'd have some flexibility in the end.
I wasn't trying to be a tight-a@@, and I didn't want to meddle in the quarters thing. That's why I asked the question, in the first place. Where do we draw the line on our responsibility?? The book implies that if a player is "available", she has to play. Okay, what is available, and when do we enforce it
I suppose looking back over it, I could have said, "Okay, she's sick, that's fine." Then I would have told the opponent coach, who also happened to be the administrator for the tournament, "She's sick so she's not going to play." Then HE could have decided what to do about the varsity game. Is that passing the buck? Is that ducking responsibility? I'm not sure that there are clear guidelines here.
After this game, I went to watch a different tournament, and a vet official I was talking to there said I did exactly right. But there are still a lot of questions. I'd like to see a long discussion about this one, to help sort it out.