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Originally Posted by Refk
We did talk at half about the coach's behavior. He said that it wasn't really "T" worthy but was getting worse.
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That is the fundamental misconception that he must be made to understand. He believes that such behavior from a coach is okay. Since he is a new official, you need to help him learn that it is not.
I would ask him if he felt that the coach's comments to him during the first half were beneficial to the game, and if he enjoyed being constantly harped on. Then I would inform him that this will not only continue, but will get worse until he decides to do something about it.
Obviously, he doesn't have to T right away. There are other techniques which an official can use to control the behavior of a coach and knowing that there are middle-of-the-road actions which can be taken before resorting to the T is a huge learning point in the development of new official. I've seen many officials simply take a ton of garbage without doing anything, until it reaches the point where a T is warranted, but if they had only known how to step in and handle it earlier, then it would likely not have reached that point and working the contest would have been a much more pleasant experience.