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I can't imagine I'd ever let it get to that point. An umpire has got to be aware of the situation at hand. If this guy let two coaches approach him from the dugout and didn't have the presence of mind to stop both of them before they even got to him, he already has screwed the situation up.
I'd stop them before they even got to me, put up the stop sign and order the assistant back to dugout and the tone of my voice would leave no doubt I meant it. If the assistant continued to try and advance, he'd be restricted to the dugout immediately in NFHS or tossed otherwise. Then I would be happy to discuss it with the manager.
If I did get into situation you described above, I would say to the assistant, "YOU! Back to the dugout now or your gone, I'll discuss this with the manager." If he doesn't turn and walk away, he's gone.
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Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know. ~Socrates
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