[Back In The Saddle]

Assuming the coaches hadn't been on you all game, your first warning sounds like a good way to handle the situation. It's a tense time in an important game, you've got to expect some emotions. You addressed the adult's bad behavior directly and gave them the opportunity to get it under control. And you did it in a way that didn't negatively impact the kids.

As for the second T, the coach deserved it. But... Might the discretion you excercised have actually been the right answer? Would the T have served any useful purpose? Would it have made the game better? Would it have gotten the coach under control? Would it have affected the outcome? Would it have righted some wrong?

Or, in the last game of the season, that's already been decided, and with less than three seconds on the clock, would it have only made an emotional situation more emotional? What if the coach really went off at you after getting the T? Are you prepared to toss him? With three seconds left? What if he refused to leave, then what? Forfeit the game?

I just can't see any possible positive outcome from dropping a T on this idiot at this point in this game. IMHO sometimes the best answer is to leave the T in your pocket and let the game end.

Just my $0.02