First Year: First Game From Hell...

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Originally Posted by fullor30

Sounds like just another day at the office. A few things IMHO

Personally, I'd do the pregame without him. Stay on schedule, not his. He should be happy you cleaned it up for him. Sounds like he felt guilty he was late. It was a lower level game and it's acceptable to do such, regardless of who was R. You're a good partner though for calling him and finding out where he is.

They foul, you call 'em, forget 'calling them even'.

What ever you do, don't ever say reach in foul on this forum, I know first hand

Warn the coach to calm down, if she doesn't give a T, simple as that, without any drama or emotion.

Only bait when bass fishing. Good job stepping in to break up her ranting.

I think you did a pretty good job, it appears it was lousy game for both teams but not because of you.

Hahaha. I appreciate the advice, especially the "reach in foul" advice.

I definitely wasn't trying to do anything out of the ordinary as far as keeping the foul calls even, but when the H team had 12 fouls against 3 in the first 7 minutes of the game, I think it is only human to try and let somethings slide, and maybe try and pick one up on the other side. I know that isn't by the book, but I imagine the majority of refs would feel the same way.

When I said bait in my original post, I probably should have used a different term. I didn't say anything to her other than trying to deflect some of the
abuse that was going in my partner's direction.