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Mike you are a long time poster on this board and I enjoy your input.
I do not care what anybody says as an official you do hear what the coach, players and sometimes the crowd as you officiate. It is called the sense of hearing.
Communication is very important between the players/coaches and officials but both parties need to respect the others jobs. I myself grew up as a coaches son and coached myself for about 9 years. There will always be a human error element in both areas. So many times now when a coach yells about a missed call I would like to yell back about his play selection but we know that would be wrong.
As the white hat I tell my guys to talk to the coaches but do not get into long detailed rulings. If the coach is that concerned he may call a timeout and confer with me. When we have timeouts, in between scores, or injury timeouts I may try and explain the situations.
Most times it seems these coaches are yelling and begging when the score starts to go against them. So be patient and polite about it.
Bottom line if you want the respect from the coach you must respect him.
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