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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Purposely play along with a scenario which makes it look as though the coach is ripping the official??? 
Nope, not what I would do. |
The coach is actually acknowledging that you didn't see it. He just wants the players and parents to think he has their backs.
This is a fairly common thing in high level baseball. I would have no problem with it if it was over quickly and he didn't show me up afterward.
In football, I've told a coach (after an inadvertent whistle by a member of my crew) that he has 30 seconds to say pretty much whatever he wants, on the condition that once that 30 seconds is over, we move on and there's no more said about it.
Role playing. Officiating and coaching both have elements of it.