Blowout Officiating

[Tim Roden]

How you handle a press during a blowout can be controversial. First, determine that it is a blowout. Then know who is out there. This could be the second stringers just trying to learn how to do a press. Now if the score is 50 to 6 in the fourth period and the first team is out there pressing, then I know I have a problem of sportsmanship by the winning coach. I have gone to the point of determining that any attempt at a steal is a foul. I don't recommend it on a consistent bases. Only on the extream case you see above. Most coaches know that once they get a 20 point lead they can drop back. I'd just be a little more agressive in finding a foul.