In my humble opinion, any comments made about my ability (or lack thereof) result in a T (usually after the stop sign or a verbal warning). Any comments that are questioning calls I let go, as long as they are not over the top (for example "How about the walk?", or "You call THAT a charge?") are fine.
Any comments that are dicriminatory or that imply that I (or my partner) are biased towards one or the other teams results in a T straight away. If this comment is loud enough to be heard by all the players on the court, especially when it is the coach of young, impressionable players - toss 'em.
I honestly believe that the reason that there are so many "problem" players and coaches around is because the coaches they had as youngsters didn't teach them how to respond to referees. When I started playing my coach (who was also my father) always told our team that:
1. The referees never make mistakes.
2. If the referee makes a mistake, see 1.
3. It is the coaches job, not the players, to question the referee, in a polite manner.
Also, he always pulled a player off the court if they acted up, regardless of the importance of that player. To me this is something that does not happen nearly enough in youth basketball. The coaches need to teach their players how to BEHAVE as well as PLAY. If more coaches had this sort of attitude, perhaps we would have less grief with players.
And that's all I have to say about that....
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