[MCBear]

Blitzkriegbob, Andy has given you some excellent pointers in his post. There is no doubt that if you have to ask yourself if you should have given the coach a card, you should have used the Yellow Card. As Andy said, it is a warning and hopefully will convey the message that the behavior that was just witnessed was inappropriate.

If a coach or players are questioning ball-handling calls, I would call the captain over, remind them that there is no discussion concerning ball-handling since it based on judgment and that if it continues, cards WILL be issued. Let them decide what their fate will be. If they want to keep complaining, they will get a Yellow Card first and if it still keeps occuring, they will be receiving a Red Card costing them a LOR/Point. We want the players on the court to determine the outcome of the game, but if the bench personnel are too dense to understand that complaining is not going to be tolerated, let the chips fall where they may.