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My opinion: Your partner didn’t do anyone any favors by letting those coaches stand. By rule they are suppose to sit after a T (see rule 10-5 note 1, and is not considered modifiable by state adoption). You told them to sit and they didn’t. That should have been an ejection and your partner should back you on that. In fact, your partner should have been the one to tell the coach to sit.
If you tell them to sit and they don’t and then you go ask your partner what he thinks and then he says let them stand, that makes you look not so credible and your authority and judgment is now questioned for the rest of the game and possibly future games.
I had a coach that refused to sit once, so I ejected him. He had a fit and wouldn’t leave. I quietly asked the score keeper to get the AD. At that point the coach left. Last I heard was that he doesn’t coach anymore because the parents were very displeased by his behavior.
You need to stick to your guns and your partner needs to be a better partner.
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