I was marshalling the Xball both nights at Campaign, and i will be honest and say that i was disgusted by the attitudes and behaviour of some of the players involved.
To the Ugly Ducklings and Team Russia and Sweden i thought that you guys were the ultimate professionals, accepting of decisions and you played amazing paintball.
But to some of the guys on Team USA, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Your collective behavious after the game vs the Danes was a disgrace. In one of the games when i pulled one of the USA players, he went mad and started throwing a tantrum that was caught on camera by one of the Ugly Ducks on the upper concourse. If one of them could post the video of the net then it makes interesting viewing! The player in question should be ashamed, as i would have thought that such behaviour from a world famous supposedly pro player would have been beneath him. Obviously i was wrong.
The abuse that was dished out to Steve Morris was also something that made i could not believe! The responses that he got off some of the Xball coaches and players was a disgrace. i spent a fair bit of time with Steve this event in the bar and in the Xball games and what was clear to me was that here is a guy, who is dedicated to the sport, trying to make a go of a bad situation under difficult circumstances. He was left with no judges for the event and had to beg guys to judge, i was only to happy to help him out as he asked nicely
but others were not so forthcoming. where were the guys who were supposed to judge? The otehr Xball teams not involved......?? I doubt that many other people would have willingly put themselves under the same working conditins that Steve put himself under, yet nobody cut him any slack or seemed to appreciate his efforts in any way.
Steve, congrats on the season of Xball, and if you need any help in the future then drop me a line.
To the Ugly Ducklings and Team Russia and Sweden i thought that you guys were the ultimate professionals, accepting of decisions and you played amazing paintball.
But to some of the guys on Team USA, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Your collective behavious after the game vs the Danes was a disgrace. In one of the games when i pulled one of the USA players, he went mad and started throwing a tantrum that was caught on camera by one of the Ugly Ducks on the upper concourse. If one of them could post the video of the net then it makes interesting viewing! The player in question should be ashamed, as i would have thought that such behaviour from a world famous supposedly pro player would have been beneath him. Obviously i was wrong.
The abuse that was dished out to Steve Morris was also something that made i could not believe! The responses that he got off some of the Xball coaches and players was a disgrace. i spent a fair bit of time with Steve this event in the bar and in the Xball games and what was clear to me was that here is a guy, who is dedicated to the sport, trying to make a go of a bad situation under difficult circumstances. He was left with no judges for the event and had to beg guys to judge, i was only to happy to help him out as he asked nicely
but others were not so forthcoming. where were the guys who were supposed to judge? The otehr Xball teams not involved......?? I doubt that many other people would have willingly put themselves under the same working conditins that Steve put himself under, yet nobody cut him any slack or seemed to appreciate his efforts in any way.Steve, congrats on the season of Xball, and if you need any help in the future then drop me a line.
