I'm not part of that sidelines, im friends with both these teams but regardless only "sheep" get intimidated. Need thick skin, a set of balls and competence to be a ref, he, unfortunately, has none of the above.
OK, again, LOL and whatever.
You can write whatever you want, but from your first post accusing Kyle of being racist, to the last one accusing him of being a sheep, your stance has been completely one-sided, and missing a huge element of the actual truth. No ref abandons a game without what they feel is good cause. Doesn't happen.
I can totally envision Kyle losing control of this game. As stated, I didn't think he was a great ref specifically because of that- he didn't seem to handle the heat under the collar well. Especially in Div. 1 or Masters (any level) where the players are frequently on the back side of their higher playing days. Premier? I can actually see him being fine, and that's mostly because at that level, the manager has such a tight reign on guys, they are following direction. At Langley, we had this coach. Nobody liked him, and he had bad hair, but every match we'd talk about the officiating crew, and their history, and what we needed to do to manage him. Kyle did some of our games them, wasn't a problem...mostly because we weren't a problem. Two years later, playing div. 1, and coach bad mullet wasn't on the reigns, the (largely) same group of now vets playing Div. 1 were our own worst enemies, and yes, I remember Kyle having some nightmares at that level, then Masters. But we, as players, certainly didn't help him or ourselves. Yes, I felt he was a terrible ref at those levels, because he couldn't take it. Pinter, for example, could. Do I believe Kyle had a mare? Yes. Do I believe he was his own worst enemy? Also yes. Do I believe you when you say the players or supporters didn't also inflame the situation? Not for a second.
So, when you spin a story telling us it wasn't a threatening environment, that the ST players were completely innocent in the matter, didn't inflame the situation, and your supporters didn't inflame it, I can see right through it. WB wouldn't have escorted him off if he wasn't concerned. Something was up.
In the meantime, yes, you've piled on this guy with accusations of being racist, to calling him - paraphrasing- a castrated sheep. He's not a bad dude. Bad ref? Yes, I don't mind saying that. In my experience, for the most part, he was. Oh well, my opinion. Not a bad guy, definitely not a racist, and frankly, that article that Polska brought up shows another side where he's actually a pretty good guy, with a spine, and passions outside this game that he happens to be quite talented at.
So, whatever.
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