PSUChamps2001
Member of the REAL Zoo Crew
Re: Il suo un grande giorno per essere un Laker 2019 - 2020
With all due respect to Oswego, as Bill Parcells once said "You are what your record says your are..." when you are in the top 25 (basically top 20) you're not getting any sympathy from the reffs.
Now having said that I couldnt agree more that reffing at EVERY level has diminished. Just for a few examples even at the local youth higher elite level we had a reff just the other day follow our 11 year old to the bench and begin to scold him for slashing a player behind the legs. A penalty? Sure. Do I allow refs to talk to my players about plays on the ice? Sure. But here is where it turns...following the lecture the 11 year old, being 11, chuckled. The reff came at him with "that's not funny". That players next shift he was hit trying to exit his zone with the puck....yet was given a penalty for body checking ... total personal vendetta.
The following week we were in Buffalo playing another top 5 team in the state, one of our smallest players (all 60lbs of him) was leveled in the corner contact to the head. As he layed on the ice and the play went back up the ice we saw the reff head towards our down player (play still going on up the ice). He skates away from the injured player like he wasnt even there, waves to the people standing on the glass...laughs and gives a thumbs up to them. When we asked the reff basically "***" we were given a bench minor. So it was okay to give a thumbs up to the crowd but dont ask a question on a missed call.
I refer for several years...all be it on the youth level, and I dont expect a reff to see everything. What I cant stand is being out of position and missing a call... or being obviously inconsistent. Or when you allow the obvious potential injury penalties but then call the ticky tack
With all due respect to Oswego, as Bill Parcells once said "You are what your record says your are..." when you are in the top 25 (basically top 20) you're not getting any sympathy from the reffs.
Now having said that I couldnt agree more that reffing at EVERY level has diminished. Just for a few examples even at the local youth higher elite level we had a reff just the other day follow our 11 year old to the bench and begin to scold him for slashing a player behind the legs. A penalty? Sure. Do I allow refs to talk to my players about plays on the ice? Sure. But here is where it turns...following the lecture the 11 year old, being 11, chuckled. The reff came at him with "that's not funny". That players next shift he was hit trying to exit his zone with the puck....yet was given a penalty for body checking ... total personal vendetta.
The following week we were in Buffalo playing another top 5 team in the state, one of our smallest players (all 60lbs of him) was leveled in the corner contact to the head. As he layed on the ice and the play went back up the ice we saw the reff head towards our down player (play still going on up the ice). He skates away from the injured player like he wasnt even there, waves to the people standing on the glass...laughs and gives a thumbs up to them. When we asked the reff basically "***" we were given a bench minor. So it was okay to give a thumbs up to the crowd but dont ask a question on a missed call.
I refer for several years...all be it on the youth level, and I dont expect a reff to see everything. What I cant stand is being out of position and missing a call... or being obviously inconsistent. Or when you allow the obvious potential injury penalties but then call the ticky tack
..hope they get the game in..
...Have fun at the game Sunday