[SanDiegoSteve]

Admitting an obvious blown call to a coach who is out on you screaming in your face "how can you call that?" can be an option if used very sparingly. Definitely do not make a habit of copping out.

Hopefully, none of you kick calls on a daily basis, so getting a call wrong to begin with should be a rarity. You can difuse a ranting and raving coach by simply saying "I kicked that one Skip, I'll bear down next time."

As long as you don't make a practice out of doing this, a coach really has nothing left in his argument. It will exasperate him momentarily, but he will then accept the call and trot on back to his dugout/coach's box.