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Originally Posted by jearef

I disagree strongly with the one or two posters who have suggested that your failure to do so was "gutless". A million things run through your mind in that situation, and it's easy for those of us sitting in front of our computers to come up with the correct response. I understand that you would prefer not to "take the game away from the players". With experience, you will come to appreciate that it was the coach, and not the officials, who was guilty of doing so.

Sometimes we can overlook an emotional verbal reaction in a situation such as the one you presented. Physical contact is another animal entirely. You can never, ever allow a coach or player to lay hands on you in anger or disgust. Whack him, toss him, write him up, and move on to your next game.

If it was the first play of the first game or the last game of the playoffs, this coach should have been ejected. To call it gutless is just a way of putting it and obviously a way you don't like.