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I probably wouldn't have T'd. If he's been quiet all game and the game is ugly there is a good chance he is just as frustrated as you that he has to be there. This behavior is most likely aimed at frustration towards his players and not towards the officiating. Stick coaches when you need to. I always appreciate when a coach shows that he understands his behavior is borderline juvenile and they correct it. Not Ting in this situation buys your relationship with the coach a lot of future leeway.

By that I mean it opens up communications way more than if you had given the T simply because you could have. Now in a closely contested game most likely the coach hasn't been quiet all game and this behavior could have very different ramifications. But from what you described it didn't.