expertidiot wrote:

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So, yes, "let them yell" is my stance. What exactly would you propose as an alternative? Require fans everywhere not to yell about the score being wrong when the score is wrong?

As you said, fans are going to yell. And you tried to claim people weren't necessarily yelling at the kids, even though there's rarely (if ever) more than 1/3 adults on the crew, so yes, when you're yelling, most often you're yelling at *children.* And it's one thing to yell at a paid work crew, but if you feel good about yelling at a group of kids, rather than going through your coach, then that's pretty pathetic, IMO.

The kids on my work crew don't deserve to get yelled at by ANYONE. And if parents *do* yell at the kids on *my* work crew, first time it's a firm warning, next time it's a visit from event management, with encouragement from me that if it happens again, they be asked to leave. After all, that same parent would likely go ballistic if anyone dared yell at their kids.

Get your coach involved. Get the work team's coach involved. Do not yell at the kids. Period. It's no better than yelling at a kid who's line judging and makes a call you disagree with. The right score isn't a judgment call, you say? Well, I've seen plenty of instances where the parents are FLAT OUT WRONG about the score being incorrect. So "the score is wrong" isn't necessarily always a fact.

You want to coach from the stands? Coach your daughter's team from the stands (if your coach allows that). Don't coach mine.

(For the record, I have never said that there should never be a concern raised if one legitimately thinks a score might be wrong. I am strictly saying I am 100% against parents yelling at kids for mistakes that are most often corrected on their own without "help" from the stands.)