Go ahead, shame me....

[lmeadski]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

Coaches and players have first and full responsibility for how kids play. Referees are in position to INFLUENCE how the kids play and how the coaches act by enforcing the rules. If the coaches and players continue their aggressive play, rule enforcement will amply penalize them: bonus, double bonus, flagrant fouls and maybe technicals. [/B]

Exactly.

And the officials enforce the rules using their judgment as to whether a foul actually occurred or there was incidental contact. Officials do not call fouls using a coach's judgment. Somehow, I don't think that process would really work, no matter how much you advocate it.

The bottom line still remains that the players you're dealing with are unskilled, pre-teenage kids. And maybe you're also dealing with newer, unskilled officials also. I can't say that with certainty however; I never saw the officials. Until then, they get the benefit of the doubt from me.

Let it go. It's done; it's over; ain't anybody gonna come along and commit CPR on that game and bring it back to life either. Onwards and upwards.... [/B][/QUOTE]

Agreed. Time to move on.