what would you do

[rainmaker]

RefVA -- I'm surprised no one else has asked this question. How did he behave after you talked to him? If he was "better" the rest of the game, then what you did was the right thing, and it worked! The point to any call is to make the game better, and if you avoided the T, and still made the game better, than you're way, way ahead of some of us who just whack away at the first annoyance (I'm talking about myself here, not accusing anyone else). I agree with the Dinosaur. Whatever works for that game is the right thing to do. Sounds to me as though you did a good job, although perhaps you should have talked to him sooner. (Also, I agree with Tony that you don't need to blow the whistle as a prelude to talking to the coach).