Walk over and quietly advise the coach that the discussion has become (or is becoming) a distraction to the game.
Perhaps, by taking a few determined steps backward, toward the bench, where you could have better heard and understood the discussion, your proximity may have disarmed the confrontation without a word from you.
Sometimes an eruption is too quick and too unexpected to give us a chance to be proactive, and all that is left is to put the pieces back together as best we can.
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