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Handling Coaches
A fellow referee and I (who I work with a lot) were trying to discuss the best way of handling coaches who constantly call out violations and fouls in an attempt to try and influence our calls. "That's a travel!" "That's a double dribble" "That's a foul!" I usually ignore those comments until it gets to be very vocal and starts engaging/enabling the players and fans. My take on this lately has been to nicely ask/tell the coach, "Coach, we are not going to be discussing every call" or "Coach, please don't be constantly yelling out calls" ---- or something to that affect. I may give them a second such nice warning and then Tee them up if it doesn't stop because usually it reaches a heightened state. The Tech typically quiets down the coach and makes the game more manageable for everyone.
What are people's thoughts on this? How do you all handle such coaches who constantly chirp and get progressively worse as the game goes on?
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