What's the Point?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by tarheelcoach
As far as history goes, the ref before the ballgame told the assistant he would only speak to me - he was obviously intent on enforcing the rules about what an assistant can and can't do (I don't know, maybe he had a problem at his last game with an assistant.)

That one's part of our association's training, Coach. It's mandatory for all of our guys to make sure that you and your assistants know at the pre-game meeting that the head coach is the only one allowed to stand and also is the only one allowed to talk to the officials. Iow, maybe he was doing what he was supposed to be doing. The bottom line is that you were warned. You now ignore that warning at your risk.

That said, I'd almost bet my left one that if we asked the official, we'd find out that your assistant was whining at him. That's usually the cause of these type of "T"s- not just an assistant coach silently and innocently standing there.