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I personally feel that a coach who is also an official should be held to a higher standard than a normal coach. Officials know how abusive coaches can be, and whenever i've reffed a game with an official as a coach, they have always been the most polite people.
For example a story from a game i did earlier tonight,
Coach A, all game "travel, call it both ways, 3 in the key, over the back, he's reaching, etc..." I finally give him the stop sign and say that's enough. He tells me he wants the T, so i give it to him. He set an example for the kids, because 2 T's were then called on bench personel by my partner. Not one word from coach B all game. Coach B's kids didn't argue with 1 call. At the end of the game, coach B comes up to me, tells me he's a former official. IMHO, Coach B's behavior is what is expected of officials when they choose to coach.
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