Leflore vs Calvin

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or twitter

twitter.com/BenJohnsonTUL/status/1492558879028387842?s=20&t=JXucoayLw9g_3zWzsLq1fg

I think this is a multi-faceted issue here. It is NOT JUST THE REFS, or JUST THE PLAYERS or JUST THE COACHES FAULTS. They ALL have a role to play in High School Sports...and so do PARENTS. This could have been so so much worse. The Parents that were on the floor (in my opinion) did a fairly good job being mature adults.

Coaches govern the players, teams many times play the way they are coached. There are outlier moments and instances that occur, but a vast majority of the time, teams that are undisciplined, disrespectful, and dirty tend to have coaching & parents that do not care as much about sportsmanship. Coaches also know when teams have history between them, coaches know when players are getting heated. Coaches need to always be aware. I think every GOOD coach would agree to this part.

Coaches have tools in their tool belt they can use. They can talk to the Referees prior to the game and prepare the Refs for a potentially physical game. This is very very helpful for Refs to hear and know prior to entering a game. They can sit their kids when they start to disrespect the game. Coaches (like parents) are in control. You have a kid talking back to refs, parents...Sit them for the rest of the game. We are here to teach kids like lessons, not allow their unsportsmanlike behavior to be celebrated. Too many coaches ignore this, it personally irritates me. Who is the adult? Coaches are teachers of basketball, sportsmanship, resilience, leadership.

The Referees are there to govern the game, they can very easily govern the style the physicality, the sportmanship. Their tools are Technicals, Ejecting players, and warning them prior to the game that he/she WILL use their tools if the kids, coaches, or parents are not respecting the game. Most of the time, referees can feel the game becoming more hostile. I have seen refs call time out and talk to parents, I have seen them make kids get together and shake hands and have a dialog to get them back to a basketball game and out of a wrestling match. Referees need to play a part as well is all I am saying. I don't expect them to try and break up fights (although I personally think it would be really hard to innately not do that).

Parents need to cheer, hell yell at refs a bit? it happens. Parents should never yell or threaten kids on a basketball court. I have seen this and it is definitely my pet peeve. I get pretty fired up when I witness this. Adults need to be adults.

I am not saying this particular instance would have been prevented, but it is saddening to watch this happen and there should be consequenses.

Here's to some GREAT COMPETITIVE BASKETBALL TONIGHT MOVING FORWARD

Well if you could read you would see I said there’s a lot of blame to go around. You obviously haven’t watched the video or you have no clue. 2 kids staring at each other wasn’t what was happening. The other kids heard them, the fans heard them. The refs dropped the ball. Blame the kids yes absolutely, but it is the the refs job to keep the game under control. They get some blame also.

Oldblue why?? It’s something that happened why not discuss it. If u don’t like it or want to read it u don’t have to.🤷‍♂️

One thing you can rest assure of is that Calvin will never host another OSSAA playoff contest for a LONG time.

If they lost by 90 they probably didn’t have enough pride to fight anyway so no worries there.