Wacked by coach

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Originally Posted by rbruno

Girls first round varsity tournament game. Coaches have been pretty excitable the whole game as it was close most of the game. Home team is in the process of blowing their 4th quarter lead and the "coach speak" is escalating. Home team is up one with 18 sec to to and the visiting team takes misses a three gets the rebound and eventually hits a tough three from the corner fading into the stands. Place goes nuts (lots of visiting fans).
I was the center with my back to the benches and the home coach must have been trying to call a time out which I could not hear. My parter "the lead" comes out as he could see him and gives him is timeout with 6 sec. on the game clock. He is down by 1 now and pissed of course. I am at the table double checking the fouls and time outs. As he heads back to his bench he wacks my arm out of the way in disgust as he goes by.
Guys, I just bit my tounge and glared at him. If I bang him there, obviously its two shot and the ball for the visiting team and no last second try for him, or in other words "BALL GAME". No tech called, they miss the last second try, we (MASS) do not stay for any handshakes.
As we are leaving the gym with the AD, he follows us down the stairs towards the locker room screaming "what a disgrace......" and this with some of his girls with him.
I know we give a little more leeway during "tournament" games and like to let the players decide the outcome etc., but what would you guys have done.
We have written him up to the MIAA and his AD.

Leeway???? Leeway to do what? Oh...it's tournament time...so it's OK to make physical contact with an official.
How can you let that happen, and then stand there and go through this process in your head of...'well if I bang him here, it's two shots and the ball for the visiting team and no last second shot for him and thats the ball game'??? So what would have happened if the home team scored to win or send the game into OT and the visiting coach goes nuts and makes contact with you or one of your partners? Oh, it's tournament time...we give them more leeway.
I'm sorry...bad job.
You/crew should have known that if V scored, H would very likely be looking for a T/O...and as lpneck posted...you were in C tableside...in that spot it's your job to be ready to grant a quick T/O.
On the coach "whacking your arm out of the way in in disgust"...that you did not T him up and eject him...gutless.
You let your crew and a lot of other officials in your area down.