Talking with other coaches and players, discussion always turns to dirty players and teams, so I was thinking, does the number of cards a team takes equate to a team being dirty? Or is it just a team being "yappy" and not dirty? Or a ref "having a grudge" against a team or player? Or a "bad rep"?
Looking at the Discipline Page on our web-site, I counted the yellows for the teams in our group (2B), and heres the break-down
Aldergrove United -14 yellows
GEU Tigers -13
Surrey Bullets -12
Whalley Strikers -11
GEU Rams -10
Langley Wolves - 9
Poco United - 8
Pomo Lions - 6
Coq. Ajax - 5
Poco Royals -5
Reading the posts on TTP you hear of Westcoast being a dirty team, so I counted their yellows and it was 17. I believe that teams do "earn" a reputation for being "dirty" or "yappy" and that refs do know who or what teams to look out for, I was surprised at Aldergrove, for when we played them it was a clean game with no cards. Any thoughts on this subject?
Looking at the Discipline Page on our web-site, I counted the yellows for the teams in our group (2B), and heres the break-down
Aldergrove United -14 yellows
GEU Tigers -13
Surrey Bullets -12
Whalley Strikers -11
GEU Rams -10
Langley Wolves - 9
Poco United - 8
Pomo Lions - 6
Coq. Ajax - 5
Poco Royals -5
Reading the posts on TTP you hear of Westcoast being a dirty team, so I counted their yellows and it was 17. I believe that teams do "earn" a reputation for being "dirty" or "yappy" and that refs do know who or what teams to look out for, I was surprised at Aldergrove, for when we played them it was a clean game with no cards. Any thoughts on this subject?