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It doesn't hurt in this situation to just not respond about the call(s) but instead just say "let it go", "stay in control", "don't worry about it", or something to let the player know you are there working for both sides, I used this approach last night in a varsity boys game. My partner made a foul call in his area which I saw but it was not a hard foul, good call but I could see why the player was upset. I came down as new lead to get the ball to administer the free throws, I said "ball". He was still looking at my partner at the table and ignored me, bounced the ball hard to the floor once caught it and handed it to me. He happened to be on my side of the lane during a two shot free throw. I said "keep control of your emotions, ok". He said "yea, sorry about that sir". End of story.
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