We are not even half way through this young season and I have already tossed two coaches and a parent out of different youth hockey games. I know that coaches and refs don’t always see eye to eye and this time I am siding with the coaches on how the behavior of parents effects everyone in the building. Naturally I have a few things to say on coaching but we will focus on some of the parents today.
I know this will come to a surprise to you but there issues I have with parents and how they conduct themselves during a game. First off; you are not at a NHL game with a beer in each hand(questionable), so why do you act like the drunk in the balcony screaming at the refs about the dumbest things possible? If you really want to be a referee then go to a seminar, pass the test, do a few hundred 6am mite games and then we will talk. Continue reading »
There has been that on going debate on whether playing in a mens league is a good idea or not. Unfortunately there are those bad apples that put an ugly tag on these leagues and it effects officials as well as players. Being an official and an ex player in these leagues, I have seen just about everything and what disturbs me is that there are guys that play this game like it’s the Stanley Cup Finals and there are scouts in the stands. We all have to get up in the morning for work, let it go already you missed the boat. I am not saying to avoid playing in these leagues, what I will do is give you some advice on getting on the right team makes all the difference in the world.
Following practice one Tuesday afternoon, he was called into the coach’s office unexpectedly. A summons into the quarters at the end of the locker room can only mean two things and there certainly was not a chance of being cut, not after all he had done for the program. This was it. He could feel it coming as he stepped into the office and sat down across from the coach and beside a man in a gray suit topped with a scaly cap, presenting a piece of paper that if signed, would make him official property of a low level professional team that had a bountiful history of players later drafted up to the big time.
The ice for the 2010 Winter Classic has arrived at Fenway Park as the trucks rolled in this morning to the legendary ball park. With the big game just three weeks away and there is a lot of work to be done. So who is responsible for the construction of this winter wonderland?
It is no secret that coaches and referee’s do not see eye to eye all the time, I know that is hard to believe but it is true. So why do I bring this up you ask? I recently had an encounter while officiating a squirt game (yes I said squirt) with an assistant coach on the bench. To me it is part of hockey where as there will be disagreements in the heat of the moment but if a coach and/or assistant wants the respect they deserve from an official, the same is expected out of them and that was not the case today.
