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Originally Posted by tref
Around here we have the green light to remove players from summer games.
And we dont "ask" it's simply "coach give me a sub."
If the player doesnt have his mind right upon returning, we have other tools to handle knuckleheads!
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Really??? This baffles me, that because it is "summer ball", "summer games" or whatever they may be called that we are somehow given extra power to TELL the coaches what to do with their players. Are you allowed to tell the coach to just go sit in the stands and coach for him as well (i'm just joking), cause you have already influenced his team by "MAKING" him remove the player. What if he says no?? are you allowed to just forfeit the game or what do you do next? I would really like to know. I was never told to do that nor would I do it because I have over stepped my boundaries as an official. I went from being a referee to a coach and that is not what i am there to do. I adjudicate plays and situations within the rules and telling a coach to remove a player or that you need a sub for a player who is well enough(not injured) to play is not within our framework, imo.
I think letting players know that even though you are playing summer ball, that you can't act like a fool, and that really starts with the coaches I guess, but it will sure as heck end with me. If he acts incorrectly within respect for the game, that is a technical foul. If he still wants to carry on then, because he is a kid I will let the coach know that if he continues I have no other option but to eject him. If the coach doesn't tell him to knock it off, pull him out, whatever he CHOOSES (not me choosing for him) then i will dump him and send a real message, at least on my court that he cannot and will not act like crazy on my court.