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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Who cares if he throws up his hands at the ref? It shouldn't bloody matter. If it's a clear dive and the player's head snaps back, he falls like superman or pretends he got high sticked then yeah, I can understand the refs not caring.
If he's literally slashed and throws his hands up at the ref, it should still have absolutely no bearing on whether a call is made or not. The infraction still occurred. It didn't get called. That's an issue.
If a ref's call is influenced on whether or not a player reacts towards them after they are infracted upon, I mean what more proof do you need that there is some sort of mandate to call penalties at certain times? They see an infraction occur, yet because the player throws his hands up at them they suddenly don't call it?
Sorry but that's some BS going on. I agree that Gaudreau probably shouldn't react everytime. But at the same time, him doing so should have absolutely ZERO effect on whether the original infraction is still called.
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Refs are human too. Even the best refs can't remove all emotion from the game, and if a player is pissing him off (i.e.: whining for calls all the time) he consciously or subconsciously might become biased against the player.
Having said that, I think it's worth while for coaches to call the refs over to the bench between periods to have a chat and or recap of calls the coach disagrees with. I think this plants some doubt in the refs mind about calls he's making if the coach sends a message the right way (i.e.: not pissing him off)