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Here's the deal. It's already been mention. If you choose to let this foul go, guaranteed, late in the game. Watch the player who just got foul. On the way up the court, he/she retaliates. Now, you blast the retaliation. That's not right, either. I agree that it doesn't need to be called every single time you see it. But when it's loud like that, and the intensity has risen in the game, something you need to be aware of, nobody going to complain about you blasting that one.
I do want to mention something about the look on the coaches face. You indicated that his resentment made you feel uncomfortable. You better get use to that because it's going to happen I lot more in your career. Best to not even look at the coach. Focus on the table, report your foul and take the ball back out. The only thing you need to look at the coach for is timeouts and if they have a question.
I had one coach who I had given an Tech for complaining too much earlier in the game, really gave me a dirty look after a quick steal by his team in a very close playoff game. I blew a double dribble on his player who had a open layup to take the lead. He looked at me as if I totally blew the call. At this particular point in the game, I doubted myself because of his look. The reason I'm mentioning this is because this is the coaches job to try and get into your head. If successful, they will have you second guessing yourself. After the game, I asked the person at the table if they saw the call I made. They said, yes they did and it was the right call, hell yea, he double dribble. So I learned not to even look at the coach after I make a call. I mean his look was such that I could have gave him another technical for staring me down.
Don't shoot the messenger....
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