It seems to me that if you are polite and conduct yourself as a gentleman without cussing or yelling then no problems should arise. I have read this post and can see both sides ::refs being yelled at all day equals quick judgements and bad calls :: coaches getting bad calls and kids not listening all day equals quick tempers:: the only difference is most coaches are not being paid for their time or efforts. Refs are paid to be in charge of the situation and in that aspect should be able to control their emotions and demeener. I do believe that there should be a point system in place for refs after every tournament one coach from each school should rate each ref on a scale. Everybody makes mistakes and loses thier cool we are human but plain incompetancy should not be tolerated and this type of system would weed that out

mike pirl