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[Patsfan2431]

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I want to share with you a the same feeling i had that you expressed. I did a pop warner playoff game this weekend. It was my first game of playoff caliber and it was two teams that are competing to basically win the state and go to regions and then on to FL. for the championship. I was running the chains like you and as soon as the game started, i was getting grief. Every run play to my side there was a hold and every pass play was DPI (so the coach told me). I couldn't even throw a flg in his favor without him saying that my flag was late. There was a close call to the sidelines where the runner was tackled as he went out of bounds. I didn't call a PF because it wasnt. My WH agreed with me and the grief and the name calling from the stands was unbelievable. I really have not been verbally abused in all my life. If i was able to really sort out the fans who had been yelling, half the stands would have been ejected. Then near the end of the game, the coach on my sidelining losing and facing the fact that his season was over, starts screaming that a off lineman wasnt of the LOS. I explained to him the rule and he didn;t care. Netx play a run to my side and two of his def players run the ball carrier out of bounds. But a third player tackles him while approx 5 yeards OOB. I throw the flag and the place erupts. I mean coaches were holding back fans from coming onto the field. My point is this, though my calls were right, the feeling of dissapointment was still there. I wasn't having fun and getting abused like that sucked. But as the week came and went, it was the best thing to go through. My calls were good, my next few games were not affected and the good congratulated me for having the courage to throw the PF flag at that time on that sideline. Dont let it affect you in a negative way, learn from it, and let your calls be the factor in your personal feelings, not the feelings of others.