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[JugglingReferee]

Rich,

I had a visiting V coach like this a couple of weeks ago.

His team built an early, sizable lead but throughout the entire game, the H team chipped away, came back and led with about 2 minutes left, and ended up winning by 3.

He was rather fine in the 1st half, but at the beginning of the 4th, still up by 6, was clearly not focusing on coaching, and rather was focused on what my P and I was or was not doing. (I had already tried to help him re-focus a coupla times with quiet reminders.)

I double-tweeted, told him that he has just received his official warning. I then told my P that the blue coach has been warned. Of course, since he was far away, every knew the coached had been warned.

He actually started to coach again, and made a good game of it all.

Was there a better way to deal with this guy? Maybe. But my way worked. Point is, I've been reffing long enough to know when a coach is heading towards crossing a line, and I try to deal with it before the line is crossed.