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Well what did I do? Here is the situation - I was mentoring a younger official and we were officiating in a 8th grade boys league. Within the first 4 minutes team A started to rack up the score on team B. Team B's coach started yelling at his players after the first shot went in for A. By the start of the second quarter it was already 20-4 and really not looking much better for team B. I had warned coach B for coaching box violations withing the first 4 minutes of the game, he shrugged it off. We had a time out in the second quarter and my partner asked me what he should do about this coach yelling, we spoke briefly and then had to move on. The very next play we had team A with the ball and they missed an easy lay-up, Team B rebounds and starts to move up the court, well there was an injury on team A, which happened right in front of me. Because I felt it was serious I stopped the game. Coach B goes NUTS, comes across the court and meets me well past half court, He recieved his T then. He went back to his bench grudingly and as I was reporting he started to chirp again. I was very loud and stated, "Do you want to stay here?" He continuted, and I repeated even louder the same thing. He finally got the point and didn't say another word the rest of the game.
My feelings on penalizing a coach for his/her actions - As I mentioned in the other thread I don't look for opportunities to T a coach, If a coach breaks the bounds that we have given them then they must face the consequences. But if a coach is belittling I seem to be much more open to help his exit from the game.
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