[waltjp]

I don't fully agree. The coach knew what he was doing. Maybe the reply could have been a little different but the coach was warned before the flag was thrown. I don't like to get into all the woulda/shoulda/coulda's. I have seen usually mild-mannered officials react in ways that I would deem uncharacteristic at times, me included. Bit don't pin this on the official - the coach drew this penalty himself when he left the conference and confronted the official.