taunting USL Conduct

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by ppaltice

JRod, when you told a player to go to his huddle for staring, you put yourself in a position that spiraled into an eventual disqualification. At the most, you could make your presence known to both players by stating: 'Play's over!' Do I think you were right in giving an USC to the player for ignoring your request 3 times: yes. Do I think you should have made the request: no.

The second player you flagged, if I am correct, was for staring at his opponent (and not for ignoring your request to go to his huddle 3 times as the first)? Essentially, you made staring an USC foul.

Maybe it is because I am in the heart of the SEC, but officials throwing capricious unsportsmanlike fouls are coming under fire.

I may be alone, but I think you handled the situations poorly.

I agree that there's a fine line here. Preventive officiating sometimes requires stepping in and actively sending players back to their huddles. On routine plays, though, you're right to try to stay back and watch.

If I judge that I need to step in and the player ignores my repeated instruction, we'll have a problem. I like to think that I don't step in overly often (had one in a JV game this year), and try to use the tools of preventive officiating with discretion.