The right of a coach to question officials and decisions is 100% necessary and appropriate - and as LFC says it is especially important when we are talking money and careers.
How they do that ranges from too bloody quiet to entitled, rude tosser.
Always important to insert a Roar reference in any thread, and Valkanis has shown the worst end of the scale at times during his tenure with us. Having someone rush the fourth official constantly to berate them and calling out at the on field ref all game is over the top and should be crushed.
Having a coach send someone respectfully (and still emotionally invested) to the fourth official over particular decisions to flag what they see as a pattern of behaviour or to ask for the rationale on a game changing decision (or lack of decision) is entirely appropriate behaviour in a sporting context.
Keep the coaches away from the ref, but maintain an avenue for them to get a message to the officials through the fourth official respectfully.
We have no doubt all been victims, either on or off the field where consistent negative behaviours are being accepted to advantage or detriment of one side more than the other in an unbalanced way. It is simple to say 'just play to the conditions on the day' but the amount any one ref allows or pulls up can produce a really unfair environment when they pay too little contact and acting, or they allow too much illegal physicality and stifle good play.
And then there are the statements outside the 90+ minutes itself, where coaches and others should have a right to speak out where something stinks in their workplace. Things that sit outside a few decisions or general patterns in play or officiating and affect the sport in a bigger way. As they say in the UK - See it. Say it. Sorted.
Important to me not to mix the game time comments with the bravery and responsibility of speaking out against things that are very, very bad things
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not bad eating as well hahaha
