Had to do it!!!!

[deecee]

its not about tolerance -- its more about coaches knowing the proper way to talk to talk to officials and proper procedure to display their displeasure.

I have a rule that if a coach wants to complain fine (as long as hes just venting in a non line crossing way) -- but by the time I make it back up the court the next time he better have moved on or I will help him.

Besides you are really setting the bar low for future refs who might not be as tolerant as you and you let him rant about ONE call for 3 trips up the court by the time you got him. I am sorry but you are just making it much more difficult for future refs who get this guy.

I gave a coach a T last week pretty much because he had something to say every time a whistle blew against his team -- I let him know that venting is fine but he needs to be a bit more selective and less demonstrative -- did he get the hint? I had a call from lead on a baseline turnaround where the help defender (coming from high side) reached in and grabbed the off hand of the shooter -- coach -- "Horrible" with the throwing the arms at me action -- ummm yeah ok T -- so 4 shots later and the ball now it goes from about a tie game to a 5 point game.