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Refs/ Coaches have no effect on the outcome of a game.players do.




You know, if I believed this were true, I'd probably sleep a lot better after an unsatisfactory outcome instead of going over and over in my head how I could have a better effect on the next outcome.

Truth is, anyone who has an influence on the course of the game has an effect on the outcome, for better or for worse. In a perfect world, the players would have the greatest effect on the outcome, the coaches less, and the officials little discernable effect at all. Decisions made by both coaches and officials, though, put constraints on the players and can definitely greatly affect the outcome of their efforts--again, for better or for worse, depending on the quality of those decisions.

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