T or no T ???

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

And if the coach decides he doesn't want to do your job for you?

There's a whole buncha coaches out there that don't want officials telling them how to do their job. If the kid yaps after you tell the coach, you still are gonna have to do something about it. As practically everybody else said, take care of bidness early when it's still a minor problem.

I agree that waiting 3 qtrs to put the whining to an end is 2.5 qtrs too long. But I just don't see what your problem is with telling the coach his player needs to shut up. If the coach doesn't want to hear that is his problem, not yours. If the kid yaps after you tell the coach then the kid gets the T, same as he would have if the coach wasn't involved. I bet 99% of the time the coach will either thank you and comment that yeah the kid's a pain or thank you and remark that he doesn't usually act this way and then will tell the kid to shut his mouth.

I just don't get why you're making a big deal out of this.