I mean, was he squatting in front of the bench before he got whacked? A lot of coaches like to squat, or take one knee. Does he habitually squat? I personally can't, my knees hurt too much. If he suddenly adopts squatting as a response to being seat belted, then clearly he's just trying to get away with something. In a sense he's saying #%*@ You, you don't control me! Of course he's correct in the sense that if he controls his own self, he gets to keep doing his job. But he's wrong in the sense that if he can't control
his self, then he's going to be shown the door.
Personally, I don't care how wraped up in a game I am, if I got whacked (only happened 1 time so far), or warned, I'm not going to forget about it. Stay on the bench means sit the hell down & do't get up!