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Who cares what the fans think. Let the player slap you a high five. I have players tap me on the butt or point at me and say good call when they know I caught them doing something wrong. "Good call Ref."
I would lighten up some here. Laugh it off and enjoy the moment of the game. Maybe at a deadball tell explain to him he cannot do that because the other team and coach might think differently about it. And maybe even during a dead ball 2 shot foul when in front of the other team's coach tell him/her that I told the player not to do that again, just so the coach knows you actually responded to the situation. A Technical is not always the appropriate penalty. There are many other responses we can use in situations such as these.
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