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Our CYO league has an explicit rule stating that any coach who pulls his team will be suspened for at least one game, possibly the season, and potentially permanetly. I believe the rule was put in to control hot headed coaches who let their tempers override their reason. Our league also has a "mercy" rule that forbids pressing when the team is ahead by more that 18 points, and forbid defense outside the 3 point circle when ahead by more than 25. The rule is frequently invoked because there is a wide range of talent between the teams in our league, and it does help avoid some of the bitterness that can come up. Losing coaches can still get pretty upset when (in their opinions) they don't see the refs enforcing this rule down to the level of contesting loose balls. My sympathies lie with the losing coaches, but I have never seen the winning coaches not direct their players to fall back. I'm sure it's hard for kids who have been taught to play agressively and press all the time to lay off.
In your situation, I may well have done what you did, even knowing that I might get a suspension. Your opponent was being a total jerk, and sticking around might have led to emotional confrontations that would have served not purpose. In my mind, coaches who lay it on like that are themselves causing a travesty.
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