Letting it get out of control

[deecee]

I am a staunch proponent of doing our job. Blow the whistle and its up the teams to adjust OR foul out.

10 years (and knock on wood) 0 ejections, 0 incidents. Plenty of T's though but train wrecks in our game dont just happen. You can see them coming a mile away and as a good official you should be aware of the health of the game you are doing and when needed corrective measures should be taken to avoid flare ups. Either a quick chat to potential problem players, maybe some quick fouls to ease the tension, double fouls. Send the message that you are there and you will deal with things that need to be dealt with in the swiftest severest action.

Or just call a coach a candypants and get eveyones mind off the game as they watch you and the coach throw down.

[Mark Padgett]

I had a 5th grade boys game yesterday in which A1 and B1 dived to the floor after a loose ball. Their shoulders bumped pretty hard but neither kid had an advantageous position over the other and neither one actually initiated the contact. The ball went OOB off A1 and I called it just as a violation. Coach A yelled, "Why wasn't that a foul?" I replied, "Because it was mutual combat, coach".

[deecee]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I had a 5th grade boys game yesterday in which A1 and B1 dived to the floor after a loose ball. Their shoulders bumped pretty hard but neither kid had an advantageous position over the other and neither one actually initiated the contact. The ball went OOB off A1 and I called it just as a violation. Coach A yelled, "Why wasn't that a foul?" I replied, "Because it was mortal combat, coach".

Made it what I think you meant.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I had a 5th grade boys game yesterday in which A1 and B1 dived to the floor after a loose ball. Their shoulders bumped pretty hard but neither kid had an advantageous position over the other and neither one actually initiated the contact. The ball went OOB off A1 and I called it just as a violation. Coach A yelled, "Why wasn't that a foul?" I replied, "Because it was mutual combat, coach".

Are you sure you didn't mean Mortal Kombat (registered trademark)?

MTD, Sr.

[deecee]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Are you sure you didn't mean Mortal Kombat (registered trademark)?

MTD, Sr.

I think this is plagiarism from my previous quote. How about a citation.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by deecee

I think this is plagiarism from my previous quote. How about a citation.

Since you didn't provide the requisite trademark citation, there's considerable doubt as to whether you were referring to the same thing.