how messy can a game get?

[buckrog64]

I feel your pain. Let me tell you. The players are out of control, you appeal to the coaches to help you handle the situation and the coaches turn on you. After that, it probably won't take much to set me off. If I can't count on the coaches to step in and try and control the kids, I'm left with no choice but to call almost every touch foul I can until they figure it out. I heard the voice from the crowd about the need for calling the game tighter in the early part, but they ignored or had forgotten the ten fouls called in the first eight minutes.

Some nights are like that. They're indicative of poorly disciplined teams. How can one game go smoothly with few problems, and a second game have similar results, but have the whole experience be like scrapping teeth at the dentist because the kids aren't under control?

Do the best you can to set it aside, learn what you can from it and trust yourself that you handled 95% of it or more, the best you could. Oh, maybe a push got missed here and there, a screen wasn't legal, etc. If one call made a difference in the game, it would probably be a first despite what people would have us think.