What do I tell the coach?

[rulesmaven]

A guy that I really like who has been on the court for many years has a fairly common response to these kinds of questions -- "it was real close coach." I think this is his way of saying "I heard you coach and you're not nuts," but at the same time it has the advantage of not being a white lie, being vague enough to suggest that he took a pass notwithstanding seeing a violation, but not admitting that he did so.

It's pretty rare to see a coach press it after this response.