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Originally Posted by stilllearning
Just wondering what everybody thinks. Probably a vent but this one gets old.
Tonight A1 falls to the floor due to tough defense. Travel. She gets frustrated and slaps B5 in the leg as she is getting up. B5 feels it and gets frustrated and turns around and shoves A1 in the back. I call a technical on both of them. While I'm reporting Coach B wants to talk to both of us. "DO YOU KNOW WHY THAT HAPPENED?" I said, no and walked away. I'm so sick and tired of getting lectured about letting a game getting out of control and seeing officials somehow get blamed for the actions of frustrated kids.
Anybody else get frustrated with this one? Do we let games get out of control? Any thoughts on the subject? I guess it's possible for the refs to let a game get out of control but I've worked and seen hundreds and have yet to see it once. Kids get frustrated and they do stupid things. That's all there is to it. I guess it's March so it's been a long year.The vent's over. Thanks. I feel better. : >)
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I do think there have been and are situations that when we look back on it, we could have done this or done that better and could have ran the game better or managed it a little better.
An example for me would be during a game this season, we had Team A commit two hard (close to flagrant 1, intentional) fouls. They were real close. Right after the 2nd hard foul I started thinking to myself, "should we have reeled this in now and called that 2nd one a flagrant 1 (intentional)??" But I told myself no. Well just a little while later Team B commits a borderline foul as well and I thought it would be very unfair for me to call this hard foul a FF1 and not have called any of the last 2, in the other teams favor, a FF1. This is how my crew and I handled it... I stepped in the middle of the paint and said (Where my partners and all players could hear), "Guys I'm just letting you know, but if we have a another foul similar to the last 3 I'm calling it a flagrant foul." They squabbled a little bit and I just told them thats how it is. Needless to say I think we kept the game reeled in pretty well. We had 6 Ts and an ejection for a Flagrant Foul Penalty 2, but all stayed under control.
In your situation, if that girl took a serious "swipe" at her as you said call a foul and send a message that it won't be tolerated. I would venture to say if you called that smack to the leg, as subtle and non-advantageous as it is, then the other girl doesn't retaliate like she does and you also send a message to the girl doing the smacking that you saw it and that it is enough!
Picking up first fouls in our game is very crucial, especially in very heated games, moments and situations. By seeing the first foul and calling it we can really diffuse a lot of emotions without even having to interact or involve ourselves in the situation. One hit of the whistle and a verbal, "cut it out you two!" or yelling to your partners where everyone can hear, "Jim, John... Watch 22 and 32!" can do a whole lot of a good.
I don't blaming you for venting... Its the end of the season for most and this time of the year is when you and most teams are really frustrated and worn down. It definitely takes a toll on you. It's a great thing that we have an off-season.