As a new referee you should listen to a coach, don't blow him off but don't stop the game and give a rule's clinic eather, if you feel he is asking you a question and not coaching you. You may have kicked a call there is nothing wrong in letting a coach know that you screwed one up. If you think he is trying to take you out of your game or influence your calls you will have to deal with the situation, "coach i am working hard on this game and we can talk later but now is not the time". We are all human and you will learn much from refereeing, when you learn the rules and read the manual on what a referee is, your personality will come out and all will be OK, but it takes time and lots of games under your belt. You know how to eat an Elephant don't you, yes one bite at a time.
Good luck.
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Don
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