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Originally posted by canuckrefguy
Rut, if a coach is outright accusing you of cheating, I agree, it's wrong, and if he's really making a public display of it, my goodness, W-H-A-C-K away. But I don't think that's the same as the scenario that originally started this thread.
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I think that saying the what the foul total is, to me is very much a suggestion of cheating. Just because they do not say "cheater," does not make their comments any less right. I do not think anyone would call anyone "confrontational" if we told a coach to get back into the box or to giving them the hand (stop sign) when we talk to them. We have the right and should address bad behavior. Or if we comment on a call we made when they are in our ear, I really do not see anyone saying that makes us confrontational. I am not asking those to just agree, but I think to try to make it into an issue that the official has no right to say anything is a stretch. Many times the coach is not just commenting, he might be asking a question while saying what the foul total is. Most of the time they are talking directly to me or my partners when they make those comments. What else are we suppose to say to them? If they are speaking direcly at us, why not say something?
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