Coaches on the Field

[Ed Hickland]

It is a leftover from the period of lords and serfs and the officials are the serfs.

Just last night in a three-man JH game one of the officials is working for promotion. On the side of the field opposite him a tackle is made where the player initiates in bounds and carries the play out of bounds. Perfectly legal. One of the coaches goes ballistic, grabs the ball and flings onto the field.

Linen time! Yellow linen time!

Now the official who is looking for promotion is in trouble because the two officials who don't need the rating have just penalized a coach albeit for a good reason.