Yeah. I know all about that 4th grade stuff. I'm living it

right now. Not that bad for most teams because we play in a pretty high lax IQ area. Rec Coaches do have their "yellow" call but it is more to stop the kids from forcing something that isn't there in a secondary fast break. most times at the travel level it is about subbing offense for defense (at my son's age it is mostly getting the LSM off the field because most long sticks think they are the next Brett Makar but very few have the stickwork for it - which is why they were made long sticks.)

But, I do get your overall point on it. Blame Bill Tierney when he choked the life out of the ball with his Princeton offenses in the 90s. He basically transformed the game from the fastbreak SU style to the more methodical game you see today.