7 year of commitment and now I'm a cheater?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Coltdoggs

What would you have done? For the record, if that was his first T of the day, I would have ruled it flagrant and tossed him.

I would have gone straight to him and said, "Coach, I don't expect you to agree with every call I make; but if you accuse me of cheating again we're going to have a problem that I have to resolve."

It warns him without asking him to repeat what he said. I personally don't like the, "Coach, do you want to repeat that," line as it smells like a trap. Just draw the line in neon lights for him (since he apparently see it) and let him decide.

[kwv001]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I would have gone straight to him and said, "Coach, I don't expect you to agree with every call I make;

I like this approach, and in fact use it quite often. I will typically tell the coach I don't expect him to agree with every decision we make, then go on to tell him what I do expect - an end to the running commentary, the constant "request" for a walk to stop, or whatever the case may be. This tact has been succesful for me more than it hasn't.

In this case however, I think it was too late for that. If I was 99.9% sure the comment came from the coach, at the first opportunity that didn't disadvantage the opponent, I would have stopped play and shown him the door.