[canuckrefguy]

There is a fine line here, though.

I have no problem per se, with a coach who says "the officials cost us the game", which I always take as "we lost because the officials made bad calls".

What this coach suggested, was that the officials were biased against his team. That is not acceptable and cannot go unchallenged.

Depending on what was said in the email, of course. We, as officials, also have to exercise restraint. But given the fact that the officials would likely not be able to get a rebuttal "quote" in the paper, I have no problem with someone taking him to task for his very-public diatribe.