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[quote=Anonymous]I also think coaches can have an oversized impact on parent behavior.

I was at a tournament last weekend where the parents constantly screamed at the ref during the game before ours (these were probably 12 year olds playing).  The coach gathered the team at the end of the game for the wrap up and the first words out of his mouth were “well the refs were terrible and made us lose the game but…”. The refs were fine.  You didn’t like it because the ref was handing out a card to the other team and your team decided to do a quick restart.  The ref repeatedly whistled because play was not ready to start and no surprised you “scored” an uncontested goal which was called off.

There is a definite theme in my kids teams where coaches who blame refs have crappy parents that constantly shout at refs.  Coaches that don’t blame the refs do not have parents that shout at refs.

Our daughter’s HS coach’s explanation for any loss is poor reffing and it drives me crazy.  It makes the kids feel like they have no agency in the game and the results are simply the luck of the draw on whether the ref is more terrible for you or for the other team.[/quote]

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