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Advice to rookies:
Be certain of what you saw, report it accurately with confidence, and then stick to your guns.
Don't let a coach, or other official talk you out of what you saw.
Now, let me also say that dropping a flag does not prove you are doing your job. You have to use discretion and know when to talk-to and when to throw. A good white hat will help you learn the differences.
If your situation had happened to me my rookie year, I probably would have felt the way you did and also said nothing. It would have bothered me the rest of the game and probably the season.
Not now! If that were to happen to me tonight, I would calmly call the R aside at the next TO or end-of-quarter and state:
"I don't appreciate what you just did and if it happens again you'll have a flag on the ground every down and by the end of this game the coach on my side will be conviced you're screwing him."
I'd then go back to my position without letting him respond and let him chew on those words.
You just don't criticize another offical in public and this guy needs to learn that.
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Bayou Ump
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