As another young official, 18, I have to say that I've seen this a lot. A lot of the younger officials in our association don't deal with coaches and let them rant.
I like to put them on a leash and keep control of them from early in the game.
Don't be afraid to deal with coaches. Now, the coaches are always well behaved when they see me because they've seen me enough to know that I'm not taking any crap from them.
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