T or let it ride?

[Dan_ref]

Nice little pissing contest thread you guys got going. My take:

- an 8th grade coach asks me if I'm going to ever call a foul on his opponents as I'm putting the ball in he had better be smiling. If not I'm going to take a brief time out to ask him to explain if he's accussing me of cheating. What happens next is up to him. If we're dealing with players somewhat older than 12 years old I'll remind him the half has just started and so far we're pretty even (subtle way of pointing to the scoreboad). Or I might just ignore him or even thank him kindly for his input.

- seems to be just a bit too much concern about what these coaches happen to think about you. Work your game and let the coaches think what they want.

- I hear ya coach, I'll watch for it coach, thank you coach, you must be joking coach, that's enough coach...they all work, as does silence. The idea is the same - deal with some question or comment addressed to you and move on.