This never happen to me before--What would you do?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

I stepped in and told my partner we had an IW with no team control --> AP.

Then I told the benches and the table. Shooting team coach wanted BI and then said after my explanation, "well, why not a foul on the play?" Other team said they had possession of the ball -- they did get the rebound, but not until after the whistle. Both arguments were pretty half-hearted and we got the game started quickly.

What can the coaches really say? You admitted that you screwed up. You didn't compound your screw-up by doing something that was wrong rules-wise and that would have ended up pissing one of the coaches off. You did exactly what should be done imo.

Btw, one of the key things to note from Rich's post is the last sentence-i.e. re-starting the game quickly. That's great advice for all of these types of situations. Make your explanation, and if they want to continue the discussion, tell 'em to see you after the game. Usually, they'll have forgotten about it by then anyway. Get the ball back into play immediately and git-r-done.