Coach, Read the rulebook

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by williebfree
8th Grade game, Red team coach is harping on the majority of calls/no-calls (A constant annoynace, but nothing "over-the-line")...

End of game the coach comes to me, with ball in hand, and starts the dialoge, "Excuse me ref, but there is no such thing as a 'carry'". (I made an obvious "carry call" on his player late in the game.) I was so dumbfounded at his ignorance that all I could respond with was, "Check your rulebook coach".

BTW: His team won 49-16.

Isn't this fun!?

Last night before my game the visiting coach tells me he
heard "they" changed the charging rule, he wanted me to
verify it since he missed the coach's interpretations
meeting. Anyway, it turns out that the defender no longer
has to have his feet set to draw a charge. "Sure coach",
sez I, "that's how it works."