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when i was team manager and assistant coach with the penn state ice lions, we had a saying that we used often:

“stay out of the @#$!!*” … i.e. — poop.

it was a simpler way of saying, when the game degenerates into a bunch of people trying to hurt each other — don’t get involved.

usually when people act out in aggression, it’s because they’re frustrated.  they’re unhappy with the way things are going, and they usually act out in aggression because they haven’t the skills, abilities, or position of authority to change the situation to favor themselves.  people will act out in aggression because it’s the only thing they can do.

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