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I know a bunch of rec guys like that, however, unless the play directly impacts your team, as a coach, I only think it is appropriate to tell the ref after the game. If he cares, then he'll improve his game and look up the rule, if not, what are you gonna do anyhow? The problem with what you did in that situation is that you have put the official in the position of losing his authority because as the benefitting coach, you're telling the ref that he's wrong.
I had a situation last year as a fill in for a MS game (guy's partner didn't show and I was there), when A1's shot was in the air and A2 was fouled by B1 and the basket went. I correctly awarded team A the basket and the ball at a designated spot nearest the foul, but coach A thought I was wrong and continued to belabor that point. I gave him the stop sign and put the ball in play for team A. In this case I was right and changing the call not only would have been an admission in the eyes of all in the gym that the coach knew more about the rules than me, which would have hurt my credibility and my ability to call the rest of the game. Now if there was any other unusual situation, coach A becomes the credible "rule guy" and it hurts my ability to manage the game.
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