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Old Sun Mar 07, 2010, 10:20pm
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I totally agree that kids (heck, everyone) is responsible for their own behavior. In general, would you say that players react in frustration from only one play, or several plays over the course of the game? My answer is that frustration builds over time. Very, very infrequently will one play cause a player to "blow his top".

When contact occurs in a game that affects the play (and an advantage is gained) and a foul is not called, players assume that a penalty will not be enforced and continue that behavior/action later in the game. Physical play ultimately escalates into situtations that become a problem - hard fouls, intentional fouls, unsportsman-like plays, etc. It is usually a result of not blowing the whistle earlier in the game.

If officials blow the whistle and establish early what contact is a foul and what is not, then the players will adjust (or sit on the bench after fouling out). When officials are rather passive and let too much contact occur between players, that is when problems build and become a problem later in the game. That is when officials, by their lack of game control, create the circumstances that often lead to problems in games.

I hope you are reading this in the moderate tone that I intend to communicate. Too many times posts on this board are extrapolated to their extremes and viewed in a "black or white" perspective. I'm not advocating that passing on minor contact will lead to a fight in the 4th qtr., nor do I think that "the more fouls called in a game, the better"....I believe that, in general, officials could, and should, call more fouls than we do in games. It will make for a better game and will definitely lead to less problems (and phone calls from assignors) in the future.
Except this is something you've said many times and I just don't agree with you that it's some kind of serious problem.

It's the fans who think we need to "blow our whistles more," except when we do against their team and then we need to "let them play."
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Old Sun Mar 07, 2010, 10:32pm
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Except this is something you've said many times and I just don't agree with you that it's some kind of serious problem.

It's the fans who think we need to "blow our whistles more," except when we do against their team and then we need to "let them play."
Completely agree with the last statement.

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Old Sun Mar 07, 2010, 10:34pm
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Completely agree with the last statement.

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You forgot that if we don't call more fouls (for their team), someone's gonna get hurt out there!
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Old Mon Mar 08, 2010, 07:02am
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It's the fans who think we need to "blow our whistles more," except when we do against their team and then we need to "let them play."
Rich - next time you're in town c'mon up and say hi!

I am so tired of this.......
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