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Some context:
U15 tournament playoff, tense 0-0, home coach protesting has already got himself a yellow card with 15 to go.
With 10 to go I chose to ignore a “are you f-ing blind” from the home bench - which would have been a great second yellow if no one had confessed, because I’m pretty sure it would have tricked the coach, he wouldn’t have seen the yellow coming for the “senior team coach”. I kinda regret not going through that drama now but at the time I thought it best to manage it by focusing on the players.
And now to the incident in question:
With 2 mins to go the home team scores 1-0. I do what I always do after a goal: circle round the back of the players, check there’s no afters, write it up, and then shepard the players a little - in this case just my presence was enough that all the home players started light jogging towards their half.
Then the home coach (in English, his third language, and a clue he was thinking about me ) shouts: ”stop, slow down, take your time, you don’t have to run.” 3 players stop and start fiddling with shin pads, 5 more slow to a slow walk.
So, can you justify a straight red for the coach?
U15 tournament playoff, tense 0-0, home coach protesting has already got himself a yellow card with 15 to go.
With 10 to go I chose to ignore a “are you f-ing blind” from the home bench - which would have been a great second yellow if no one had confessed, because I’m pretty sure it would have tricked the coach, he wouldn’t have seen the yellow coming for the “senior team coach”. I kinda regret not going through that drama now but at the time I thought it best to manage it by focusing on the players.
And now to the incident in question:
With 2 mins to go the home team scores 1-0. I do what I always do after a goal: circle round the back of the players, check there’s no afters, write it up, and then shepard the players a little - in this case just my presence was enough that all the home players started light jogging towards their half.
Then the home coach (in English, his third language, and a clue he was thinking about me ) shouts: ”stop, slow down, take your time, you don’t have to run.” 3 players stop and start fiddling with shin pads, 5 more slow to a slow walk.
So, can you justify a straight red for the coach?