Handled Correctly?

[Andy]

Originally Posted by RSturgell

1 minute left in game. Home team down 4. 30 sec. timeout called and I am standing at top of key in front of home team's bench. Coach is in huddle talking to his players. Coach goes from talking in normal tone to looking at me and stating "If the officials blow their whistles" and then continues timeout. 1st horn blows I go to advise 1st horn and coach turns his back to me. I back up and wait for 2nd horn. 2nd horn sounds I go up to coach and tell him I'm not going to listen to stuff like that. I start to leave, he says he was just talking to his team. I stop and tell him "No you were not, both you and I know what you were doing and that is enough." As I leave someone on the bench mutters something about being a tough guy. I leave it alone and go downcourt.
Thought about giving bench a T but didn't. Thoughts?

I read...

Coach goes from talking in normal tone to looking at me and stating "If the officials blow their whistles"

...as this coach intentionally saying this for you to hear.


I would like to know a bit more about the situation and the game up until that point. If you hadn't heard much from coach up until now, I agree with how you handled it and you could have even ignored it. If he has been howling all night, this may be "T" worthy.