U14 NLD game stopped whilst a coach came and told the ref that one of the opposing team players should be sent off for a tackle on his son. Both ref and TJ saw no problem with tackle but coach continued whilst spectators wondered what was going on.Lasted over 10 mins! This really should not be appropriate, and you can see a soccer mentality beginning to take hold
1) if this was a TJ was from one of the teams ( as opposed to a society appointed AR) then his assessment isn't 'active'
2) The referee should insist that the Coach leaves the field, and if he turned his back on the coach & jogged off and recommenced the game then the coach would either
a) leave the field muttering ...or
b) put himself in a very bad place if he chased after the referee.
However, if the coach really thought ( & it wasnt merely winning the fixture that prompted his demands for a RC) that the referee wasn't recognising the seriousness of say a serious "lifting/driving" tackles , then the coach can remove his team from the fixture on 'child safety' grounds.
I'm merely 'hypothesising' but it could be that the coach was putting that strong case forward??? - & if im guessing correctly then how else can he do it?
After the next serious injury is too late ! What other mechanism exists for such a safety fork in that particular continuation of match?
I've seen club 'amateur' referees get that subject badly wrong, although never at CB appointed fixtures, that I'll grant you.
Only by reporting will it be addressed. Paperwork is the referees investment in the future !!! it is the only way to head back to the very thinnest of ends of the abuse wedge.
On a side issue, I'd like to see assessors (or CB/ref society watchers ) be encouraged/mandated to report [say psuedo 'mystery shopper'] on touchline abuse.
Assessors report to read something like....
PKs awarded 14
Offending Player # identified 75%
Law errors 2
Positioning 8/10
Communication 9/10
Game management 7/10
Coach/manager shouting at officials 138
Players respect toward decisions made 4/10
Spectator respect toward officials. 2/10
Home club 'proactive & visible' curtailment of the loud mouth ranters. 0/10
Home Club hospitality toward/engagement with officials 2/10
In short, assess the 'ethos & spirit" of participant teams as well as the whistle.
Then action might happen, & recruitment/retention for this damn complicated refereeing might be more attractive thereafter.
Post match the focus is always on referees ( same as football pundit cheap shots...booooooo) to be brutally frank its getting close to tipping my balance in favour of doing something much more rewarding with
my time.
I may start another thread .....