DerbyRam54
02 May 2005, 08:02 AM
In addition to refereeing I also coach (O-30 women's team). There are occasions where my feelings about referee's decisions are mixed, but in solidarity with the ref I never complain and try to explain to my team what his thinking might have been.
Yesterday we lost to one of the better teams in the league, which was no surprise, but we were all disappointed in that goal 1 occurred after a pretty clear handling offence and goal 2 was two or three yards offside. Other than that some good goalkeeping and weak finishing kept the score to 2-0. At half time I noted that we were unlucky to be behind to a couple of dodgy goals, to play the whistle and not to rely on getting an offside call.
At the end of the game as I was collecting the corner flags and letting my team cool down, the ref came up to me and asked if I was unhappy with his performance. I noted that the game was over and that I would rather not discuss it. He pressed me for details so I told him what I thought and again said it wasn't worth discussing. He then proceeded to tell me why he was right on both the calls, impressing upon me the point that he was a grade 6. I changed the subject to his failure to call one of my players for a slide tackle (banned in this league) and how that kind of thing upsets the other players so in future to keep an eye out for it.
My question: why on earth would you go up to a coach who has just lost and is clearly not in the best of moods and seek to justify your calls?
Yesterday we lost to one of the better teams in the league, which was no surprise, but we were all disappointed in that goal 1 occurred after a pretty clear handling offence and goal 2 was two or three yards offside. Other than that some good goalkeeping and weak finishing kept the score to 2-0. At half time I noted that we were unlucky to be behind to a couple of dodgy goals, to play the whistle and not to rely on getting an offside call.
At the end of the game as I was collecting the corner flags and letting my team cool down, the ref came up to me and asked if I was unhappy with his performance. I noted that the game was over and that I would rather not discuss it. He pressed me for details so I told him what I thought and again said it wasn't worth discussing. He then proceeded to tell me why he was right on both the calls, impressing upon me the point that he was a grade 6. I changed the subject to his failure to call one of my players for a slide tackle (banned in this league) and how that kind of thing upsets the other players so in future to keep an eye out for it.
My question: why on earth would you go up to a coach who has just lost and is clearly not in the best of moods and seek to justify your calls?