To the extent that works, great!
Now, here's one for you. You're on the road. You witness dreadfully bad officiating. So, you find the assigner's contact info, and give him/her a call. Here's what happens:
1) The assigner assumes you're a nutty parent who knows nothing (when you've spent the better part of 30 years coaching competitive youth sports); and or
2) The assigner immediately goes defensive, and sticks up for his officials.
A few years back, I witnessed/heard a ref in northern Florida actually instructing home-team players (in Spanish) how to defeat the visitors' offside trap. When I called the local assigner, he told me: a) That referee doesn't speak Spanish, but b) You might have heard him speaking in a Lebanese dialect. I asked/pointed out that: a) I know and understand Spanish when I hear it; b) Why would a referee speak Lebanese to players who don't know it?; and c) Why would a man refereeing a U.S. Youth Soccer game speak anything BUT English in addressing players?
The guy essentially hung up.
I don't advocate post-match confrontation, and am not about to "demand" a name. But then, I actually know how to find these things out. What about those folks who aren't as well connected? What about "road" situations, where the official can essentially disappear into an assigner's cloud of denial?
