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I can handle a good deal of chirping from coaches, and I'll let them ask questions all day if they want and I'll answer them if I can. On the other hand, when coaches scream or gesture after a call or no-call, I have less patience. I T'd a coach last week for this. He was losing by 20+ in the second half. He hadn't been too bad in the first half, but was chirpy a couple of times...nothing bad though. Second half he had a couple of outbursts where we would make a call and he would yell quite loudly. My partner warned him after one of these. I went to talk to him after a foul on his team he didn't like and he did the old "Number so and so did this, then so and so did this", trying to complain about plays from 10 minutes ago. I told him that I don't know if those were fouls or not, but his player fouled just now.
His team hits a jump shot and I'm the Trail right in front of his bench. Two opposing players get tied up under the basket, and I can't see anything and my partner lets it go. The coach jumps up and starts yelling something about calling ticky tack fouls as I'm heading down the court to be the new Lead. When I'm at about half court, he screams "Blow your whistle!!". I obliged and served T for one and the other team had a little free throw practice.
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