[JRutledge]

Actually, if you enforce obvious rules, most coaches will respect you more than those that just turn a blind eye. For example, the coach that is always in the coaching box tends to like officials that will enforce the box when coaches are all over the court. Usually, they know these rules are not the ones you as the officials have made up. You just have to be right and you do not have to use the penalty to enforce those kinds of rules.

Bottom line, coaches will always have some say. They may not be the final say, but they have a say and should in many cases. The good coaches know who the good officials are. I would not worry about it any more than I worry about what a coach thinks of the job I do. I do what I feel is right and move on.

Peace