Coaches Behavior

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Originally Posted by Randa16

I have only threw out one fan ever. I was doing a 8th grade youth league game on a Saturday afternoon. It is my second game of four and have a young official for the first 2 and someone different for the last two. Its one of those set ups where the fans are behind the goals. Partner calls a foul and as I am walking to take the ball out I hear a fan in the stands yelling you guys are horrible, I look up and I kid you not he is in referee gear. I ask if he is working and he says I am working the next two after this game. I am red hot right now because I expect it from fans not other officials. I say you need to knock it off, as I am walking away he says loud then call the game right. I turn and eject him from the game. The supervisor takes him away as he is laughing and saying this is a joke. Game is over and here he comes walking up saying going to be hard to eject your partner. I call my league assignor and tell him what happened and he is furious, ten seconds after I got off the phone with him my partners phone rings and he says not a problem I can stay. Ten seconds later the supervisors phone rings and he says not a problem. Tells the guy he was ejected and the ejection last all day so he cant work. If the guy was just a fan I ignore it but the fact he would sit there in a referee uniform knowing how hard this game can be and talk trash was my breaking point.

Wow, that's an all-timer. You absolutely did the right thing, and good on the assignor too. That kind of nonsense would get you before the association disciplinary board for unethical behavior here...