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Just to answer to how a coach is most comfortable...
First let me start off by saying that in a football game I don't "complain" about a lot. It is different from baseball where most things SHOULD be called because htere is less action. I tell the kids that for every one that they call that you didn't deserve they probably missed one you did. Obviously there is times where a guy is dragged down by his facemask or clipped on a returnd where I can get loud but those are the ones that are 98% of the time called.
In this situation I probably wouldn't have questioned the hurdle instead would have been all over the guy who missed the tackle! Judging by the rest of your post it sounds like a pretty typical official's behavior which I have become accustomed to (ex. I'll watch for the coach). What I do not like in an official is when they start explaining rules when I ask them about a no-call...chances are I know the rules! And having someone that I'm not real happy with reitterate them for me is just gonna drive me nuts. Instead of reciting rules I always would rather discuss the play. Tell me why you didn't make the call..."Coach it looked like his hands were inside the frame" instead of "Coach as long as his hands stay inside the frame it isn't holding" Some of my favorite officials will more then anything just ignore me. They say "sorry coach I didn't see it that way I'll look though" Then get on with the game and let mad coach calm down.
Hope that helps some.
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