Not playing by the rules

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Originally posted by bard
My 2-cents, if a player is looking extremely frustrated or angry, I'm going to keep my eye on her until I'm confident she's at a point where she's not going to do something that warrants a T. Hopefully that won't look like staring down, but I can see where a misperception might come in.

That's exactly what I thought was happening when I read PA Coach's description. As an official, of course I'd rather not have a coach stall by using the full 30 seconds to substitute or call a timeout for the purpose of staring me down. But live with it. When the coach wants a staredown, I usually find a reason to talk to my partner, or the scorers, and look the other way. Nothing is gained by a confrontation.