[Raymond]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

We put up with a lot more in football because we're outside rather than an echo-filled gym. And for every official on the field, at least one coach is 25-50 yards away at minimum.

Working as an Umpire, I almost never hear anything a coach says from the sideline.


Back to basketball.
Last week, visiting team keeps it close for 3/4 of the game, but it slips away from them late... down 10ish with about 2 minutes to go, visiting coach says to me "You know, I bet when I look at this film, you'll have called about 80% of the fouls... your partners aren't calling anything". It was only loud enough for me to hear as I was standing right next to her during a FT. Prior to this point, she hadn't complained about anything as far as I can remember.

Warn, Whack, Acknowledge, or Ignore?

Move away and quit standing so close to her in the future.