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I threw a flag for holding on a sweep that went to As side of the field near their bench which called back a TD. The staff used one of coaches favored sayings That was a horrible call. One of the assistants came onto the field to express his concerns that it was a horrible call which he was flagged for unsportsmenship. After 25 yards for the hold and coachs poor behavior was marched off, the head coach asked for the players number, who the hold was called on. In the process of showing their displeasure for the call, apparently they were not listening when I told them the foul was on #55.
At the half, it was my duty to talk with the head coach as to where they were going for half time. He was very mild and made a couple of humorous comments. I got the feeling, they thought I had called the foul on one of their other players and not #55. Maybe they asked #55 if he held and he said yes.
Coaches have some very interest ways of saying theyre wrong without coming out and saying they were wrong.
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I had a play where the ball carrier hit the turf and then the ball popped out into the hands of B with 60 yards of clear field to his goal line. I blew the whistle calling the ball dead. One coach voiced his displeasure over and over without being unsportsmenship. I went to get them at half time and same coach continued to complain. I said, at half time I checked with the Umpire as to what he saw. He had the ball carrier down, dead ball.
Two weeks later I had the same team. When I walked onto the field, that same coach came up and asked a question about a rule that had nothing to do with the play I had ruled on two weeks ago. No doubt he had viewed the tape and saw he was wrong. I respected the idea that he was will to say he was wrong even if it was said in a roundabout way. Coaches are coaches.
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