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[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Soccer, what a #### sport

I have been seeing a lot of it in lacrosse as well. It's pretty regular for parents/coaches from my son's team or the other team being tossed for going overboard on the officials. It's a big problem.

[bc-chris]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I have been seeing a lot of it in lacrosse as well. It's pretty regular for parents/coaches from my son's team or the other team being tossed for going overboard on the officials. It's a big problem.

we had a men's hockey game a number of years ago where there was a wife that was cheering for our opposition in the stands and she was just going on and on and on.
eventually the ref had enough so he waited until 'her team' had a scoring chance and blew the play dead. then loud enough so you could hear it on the next rink belted out while pointing at her, "YOU! GET OUT NOW!"
she starts yelling back at him so he skates towards the other team's bench and belts out, "who wants to claim her?!?! she's got 30 seconds to be gone or you're getting a penalty!"
her husband jumped up and ran towards the stands yelling at her to shut up and leave

it was one of the funniest things to see... but also pretty pathetic that she got so worked up about a men's beer league game. the thing is, win or lose it doesn't matter... everyone makes the playoffs! ha!

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by bc-chris

we had a men's hockey game a number of years ago where there was a wife that was cheering for our opposition in the stands and she was just going on and on and on.

Lol. Yelling at the referee in some rec league? Just let him go have fun playing hockey with his friends. I'd be sitting at home enjoying an adult beverage and reading a book or something.

[RichieRich]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Right up there with nails on a chalkboard I can't stand people who scrape their spoon around a bowl to scoop out every last bit of food in there. It is so ####ing annoying. The guy in the office beside me just spent 5 minutes scraping his bowl of yogurt or oatmeal or whatever. Put down the spoon and just lick the bowl clean so that I don't have to listen to this.

so you'd rather loud lip smacking... are you some kind of monster that enjoys open mouth chewing and associated noises too? (including the heavy breathing and occasional loud sighs).



Disclosure: I'd rather the scraping than the open mouth/mouth noise (which drive me about as insane as the spoon scrapers do for you)

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by butterfly

Lol. Yelling at the referee in some rec league? Just let him go have fun playing hockey with his friends. I'd be sitting at home enjoying an adult beverage and reading a book or something.

I'm not even sure if I paid my wife to come "watch" me play hockey she would. Having anybody get riled up over beer league is hilariously pathetic (on their part).

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by RichieRich

Disclosure: I'd rather the scraping than the open mouth/mouth noise (which drive me about as insane as the spoon scrapers do for you)

I used to work with a guy that did both.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

I'm not even sure if I paid my wife to come "watch" me play hockey she would.

Shouldn’t play hockey be in quotation marks too?

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

Shouldn’t play hockey be in quotation marks too?

haha 110%.

[cam_wmh]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Soccer, what a #### sport

sigh, sport for gentlemen played by thugs is so true - and I love the sport so much, but the complete lack of respect for officials is a gross stain on the sport, vs a telling contrast rugby.

Just late last summer, in our O35 league two guys attacked a ref. Their team has to pay a discipline bond, and I want to say the idiots were suspended for 2 years (vs permanently) (MillerTime?) CUSA has huge attrition in referees, and they're working on empowering them further and focusing on zero tolerance.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by bc-chris

what is wrong with people?? jeeze!





https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-s...buse-1.6418364

Some people just need a reality check.

When I first started coaching Youth Soccer I was Ultra-Abusive to the refs, although I'd always shake their hands after the match, but they're kids.

Then I ran into this young ref in the parking lot after the game and he was bawling his eyes out...I went up to him to ask what was wrong and he said "you."

After that I changed my ways. I was a first year coach and I was taking it way too seriously, but I became very respectful of refs for the next 8 years of my coaching tenure. They're doing a hard job, and if you want good referees in the future then you cant let young refs quit because of BS.

And they're going to suck sometimes, you just gotta roll with it. This isnt the NHL or anything.

But the second they step off the 'Area of Play' they are back to being people.

[InglewoodFan]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I have been seeing a lot of it in lacrosse as well. It's pretty regular for parents/coaches from my son's team or the other team being tossed for going overboard on the officials. It's a big problem.

I was managing a midget lacrosse team a few years ago and our coach said something so offensive to a female ref at the end of the game he was banned from coaching for years. I scrambled all season to find fill in coaches.

I have to say, of my two boys who play the one who also reffed is way more tolerant of refs at all levels.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by InglewoodFan

I was managing a midget lacrosse team a few years ago and our coach said something so offensive to a female ref at the end of the game he was banned from coaching for years. I scrambled all season to find fill in coaches.

I have to say, of my two boys who play the one who also reffed is way more tolerant of refs at all levels.

* little people. JFC

[Cube Inmate]

Where did this new "they will run it back next year" phrase come from in the context of bringing back the same/similar roster and taking another shot next season?

The only thing I can think of is the football play (running back a kick) but that really doesn't track, since the alternative to running it back is the fair catch or taking a knee. Should the hockey team take a knee or wave for a fair catch?

[flames_fan_down_under]

A poorly shucked oyster drives me crazy. You're paying sometimes $4.00 a piece for these little guys and the shucker can't even properly shuck it. Drives me bananas.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by cam_wmh

sigh, sport for gentlemen played by thugs is so true - and I love the sport so much, but the complete lack of respect for officials is a gross stain on the sport, vs a telling contrast rugby.

Just late last summer, in our O35 league two guys attacked a ref. Their team has to pay a discipline bond, and I want to say the idiots were suspended for 2 years (vs permanently) (MillerTime?) CUSA has huge attrition in referees, and they're working on empowering them further and focusing on zero tolerance.

Brutal, fat old guys fighting a Ref, I hope Ref exploded both criminal charges & Civil Action .

The flip side, is that Officials should be open to polite constructive feedback, most are not.

The pendulum has swung to far

[cam_wmh]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Brutal, fat old guys fighting a Ref, I hope Ref exploded both criminal charges & Civil Action .

The flip side, is that Officials should be open to polite constructive feedback, most are not.

The pendulum has swung to far

I disagree in that most officials are not open to polite constructive feedback.

I have played up for 2 different teams, and played 4 games of my own. I've chatted with 5 of the referees afterwards. Amongst those 5, we chatted about discourse, and that I'd be doing a CUSA ref evaluation (we get Fair Play points, which will = $$). Agreed in being polite, and have shared a constructive criticisms with the lot. The 6th being the exception in that, I don't think approaching and discussing would've ben productive.

[bdubbs]

One of my rec leagues (I can't remember what it's called off the top of my head, I just show up) gave the best 'reviewed' team a full set of home or away jerseys after the winter season. Criteria was you get a rating by each team in your division and also by the refs for your 'behavior' and also how few PIMs you had, and my team won so that's kinda neat.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under

A poorly shucked oyster drives me crazy. You're paying sometimes $4.00 a piece for these little guys and the shucker can't even properly shuck it. Drives me bananas.

Crunching a piece of shell or sand totally ruins the rest of the appetite for me, that feeling is so horrible. They definitely are not worth the risk, guess I should just swallow.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by fotze2

Crunching a piece of shell or sand totally ruins the rest of the appetite for me, that feeling is so horrible. They definitely are not worth the risk, guess I should just swallow.

If it's really distasteful, you can also spit.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under

A poorly shucked oyster drives me crazy. You're paying sometimes $4.00 a piece for these little guys and the shucker can't even properly shuck it. Drives me bananas.

I read this post in the voice of JFK from Clone High and it just makes it funnier.