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Originally Posted by RichMSN
I'd go a step further. I'd T him immediately -- even before he reached me if I was quick enough to get the whistle up to my mouth. After that, I won't say anything to him until the coach is on the bench.
"We're not discussing anything until you're on the bench."
I'd be hard-pressed to keep him in the game if he grabbed my arm.
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Agreed. If a coach walks out of his box to protest a call I will try to talk him back like I expect most officials do. But if he's "running" that far out of the box, it should be an automatic T. If for some reason you can't get your whistle ready or get the T for runnning out then when you signal him back to the box and he doesnt IMMEDIATELY go back then you still have an automatic T.
And the arm grab is just unacceptable in this situation, and really almost any situation. At the risk of sounding sexist and unprofessional we have a GV HC in my area that is over 6 ft tall and very attractive. She tends to question a lot of calls but always does so with a soft, almost flirty kind of voice. The whole thing is kind of wierd. When I do her games she may get away with a soft tug on the arm right in front of her bench but....again it's just a wierd situation and you can of have to let her know "Coach, you can't flirt your way to getting calls." But not in those words. Like I said, the whole thing is kind of wierd but I digress.
Bottom line is, there is no justification for a coach to come "running" out of the box or to grab your arm. Do both of these things and a coach should be tossed, pretty much no questions asked.
BTW- to the OP, you say you were on the endline. How close to his bench were you? I can understand the situation a little more if you were right by his bench and he came down the sideline.