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No, you were trying to be helpful and honest. I have worn the white the last 4 years and we are going to make a mistake once in awhile. I myself have told players and coaches hey we missed a call sorry. But you can only try as hard as you can on every play.
A funny story about coach confrontations. Here in Iowa late in the year the weather can get nasty. It was a rainy cold night. Last game of the year and 1st place team vs last place team in the conference. You can guess the outcome. I was working the wing that night and one of the assistants was just being a jerk. At this small school the stands were only on one side so the visitors side which I was on were only the players and coaches of the visitors. This guy was just on a roll. Every time something went wrong it was our fault. After one half of this and late into the third he let a couple of special words go. I flagged him for Unsportsmanlike. Now he is really giving me an earful. Not that loud but enough for me and nearby players and chain gang to hear. Finally when the fourth quarter began we took the chains and while waiting for the quarter to begin he came towards me again. I finally said "Coach the weather stinks, cold and rainy but as long as I am outside officiating you are stuck here too so quit trying to get tossed and enjoy the weather with me."
He said nothing the rest of the night and the guys on the Chain Gang just about peed their pants.
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