I probably should have

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by WAWhistleBlower

You do this, then the perception from everyone else in the room is that the referee engaged this coach, especially from this coach's fans. Then they lose, and it's your fault for putting home on the line, thereby proving his point in the comment he made. Self-fulfilling prophecy & not worth going there OR giving the coach the satisfaction of being able to blame the loss over some "hot-headed ref", which is the story he'll tell his team and his parents.

He would learn no lesson here.

Disagree completely. Who cares what anyone in the room thinks? When did we start officiating to please the fans? If someone commits an unsporting act, just call the damn thing instead of making up excuses notto. And from what I've read so far, everything that you've said is just an excuse not to imo. And "5 seconds left in the game", "let the kids win or lose" and worrying about being "a bad guy" are not very good excuses at all as far as I'm concerned.

There surasheck would be a lesson taught here. The lesson is that you can't get away with crap like that. Do what Dan suggested above and take care of bidness.