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A couple thoughts...1)while your comment might not be considered "baiting", it certainly didn't help the situation. In any conversation with a coach, ask yourself (before responding) "Will this make the game better?" or "Is there any point to this conversation?"...if your mental answer is no to either one of those, don't respond...
2)The use of the "big stop sign" hand gesture and comments like "I have had enough" or "That's all coach" or "Not another word coach" are very dangerous...a coach who is really upset, or one who really likes to "work" officials is going to push you on that...use that sign or one of those type phrases, and that coach will say something like "But..." or "Ok, as long as you..." You have now painted yourself into a corner - either you T the coach because you told him to stop and he/she didn't, or the coach "wins" that confrontation with you - at least in the minds of the other coaches and players (and evaluators sitting in the balcony...I really try to stay away from comments and gestures like that as they rarely work and tend to backfire quite often...
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