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Originally Posted by mick
Thanks, ref2coach.
It seems [by the implication of other posts] that the philosophy is to keep play in progress and to keep the clock ticking rather than stopping to have a word with an offending coach.
With that it mind, does the anger of the coaches needlessly build to a more fevered pitch while the officials await a stoppage, which seemingly could be "a while" ? Would a "stoppage" in action, in response to a more innocent request (ie., not yet serious misconduct) to have a quick word possibly help keep a coach in the game and possibly make all participants have a more enjoyable game ?
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Mick,
It is very similar to basketball. Would you stop play merely because a coach is complaining about something? Unless you are going to T him, I doubt it.
Just as in basketball, soccer coaches complain and the refs hear them. The biggest difference is that the amount of distance between the ref and the coach is usually far greater on a soccer field. However, there is still someone to lend the coach an ear. There is always an assistant referee on the coach's touchline and at the higher levels there is a 4th official between the team benches. The coaches will go to these officials with their concerns in the hope that they will either get a satisfactory answer or have their thoughts relayed to the center referee. So the coaches aren't ignored any more than they are in a basketball game.
Also you should think of the yellow and red cards (or the warning and dismissal) as equivalent to the first and second technical fouls.