First off. Its not an either/or verbal warning or stop sign. Its a gesture I use while speaking to the coach. Think of it as me being the classic Italian Godfather who speaks with his hands. 
There's nothing in the rulebok about me applauding when an injured player is helped to their feet and to the bench, but I do that too. SHould I refrain from showing some sportsmanship and/or goodwill along with the crowd and both teams? Thats another gesture. I have never advocated walking up to a coach and in my best Charlie chaplin imitation give him the "talk to the hand" sign. That would be ludicrous and if you think any referee is advocating that you have a pretty poor opinion of some of your posters without ever having seen them work which strikes me as pretty arrogant. 
It works for me.
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Last edited by Ignats75; Tue Jan 19, 2010 at 02:36pm.
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