I concur with ManInBlue.
The coach WAS talking to his player, not the umpire.
If he says something like, "Keep it there, Jimmy. That was ABSOLUTELY a strike!", THEN he's talking to the umpire.
As described, it sounds like you had a complete redass for an umpire and you were wise to "tread lightly". In my experience, that's really all you can do in that situation. If it's horrible, follow-up with the assignor afterwards.
Or maybe he just had a bad moment and tried to make up for it later by explaining during an inning change.
JM
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