Yeah, I guess I should clarify. If I'm a parent watching pewee or bantam kids and a ref blows an obvious icing, I groan and just say Oh Come On to the dad next to me. That level of jeering, but I suppose that was the wrong word. Actual yelling of any kind or booing the ref from the stands is unacceptable.
I agree about coaches though. You want them to teach the kids that all they can control is their own play and not the refs, therefore they should not groan or complain about refs. They should be examples to the kids.
Hopefully one day if there is a culture change and refs and coaches respected each other above all, coaches and refs could have mini conferences during intermissions/stoppages to discuss player safety if things start getting chippy, or if coaches request clarifications in a respectful manner about calls.
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