I call a fifth foul on a player in a close game. As I am reporting, I can hear coach start the questioning. The table tells me it is the players 5th foul. The following is almost verbatim what happened next.
Me: "Coach, 5 fouls on player X"
Coach: "Just tell me what he did."
Me: Take a couple of steps back toward the table and say, "Start the timer." Then turn and walk back to coach.
Coach: "He had 4 fouls he was going away from the shooter."
Horn Sounds
Me: "Coach you have :15 to sub someone."
At this point the coach gets a sub in the game and we move on. I never once responded to what he was saying or asking and when it was over, we were both happy. He obviously did not want an answer to his question. He wanted to voice his opinion and displeasure and I wanted to move on. We both got what we wanted and neither of acted like an idiot.
Love it when that happens.