What to tell Refs to enforce a "safe" game

[dave30]

I had a BCI girls game today, 16,17 year old girls, that was very physical from the start of the game to the end. One team was bigger and didn't mind using their size and strength. Both teams played very physical. We had at least five fouls called on players for flattening another player who was screening them. We had another five or so fouls for illegal picks, one of those led to a flagrant foul. Numerous off the ball shoves, pushes, etc. in the paint. Point is....there was absolutely nothing we could do to protect the players. Five players fouled out. The game lasted way too long for my tastes and it didn't help that there were morons in the stands who had no clue wanting to kill us! The coaches were OK, but one team really played kind of dirty and paid for it. Still, there was a flagrant and a couple of injuries. What can you do? If the players play that rough and out of control, it is up to the coaches to get them in line. All we can do is call the fouls.