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I agree with Ron regarding this scenario, all the way up until this last post.. I don't agree that the coach had to be flagged at all. I think we all agree that roamin could have been more diplomatic with the way he spoke to the coach. But that coach has every right to vent in a frustrated manner about a call, even if said call was five minutes ago. Yes, at some point we get to the 'coach, that is enough' place, but roamin himself said he was surprised about what the coach was talking about, so it was not as if he had been belaboring his frustration.
As I see it, the coach coming onto the field is the major no-no. But somebody makes the point of why the HL isn't near the sideline covering his huddle. Even so, the situation could be avoided had roamin simply escorted the coach (or walked past him, thus forcing him to follow) to the sideline while saying something to the effect of 'if you wish to calmly discuss this, we need to take it to the sideline'...... It hardly warranted an automatic flag, hell, we aren't baseball umpires!!
Emotions take over with players and coaches. They blood, sweat, tear every day, not us. If we can use preventative measures to keep them out of trouble, we need to do just that. Insecurities and egos need to be set aside; if they were we wouldn't say things like 'he was asking for it'...... I hardly think he berated roamin to the point where he needed to 'stick' him as soon as he stepped on the field. There is a difference between being shown up by a coach and letting our ego think a coach is showing us up simply because he is angry about a call.
Just my humble take.
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