Most of the refs do a good job of taking care of situations like this. Some do not. Without having been there, but hearing witnesses tell the story, this is obviously a situation where the coach needs to be reinstated.
We ran into a few refs that were pretty trigger happy at Ottawa on Sunday. While never raising my voice, and asking why, when two 6u kids were flopping around, with my kid having a chicken wing in, my kid was given a penalty point for running it illegally, I was given a warning for "questioning his interpretation of a rule" or something like that. I could only smile and walk away.


One other point that I VERY gingerly tried to make with a ref that has a burr under his saddle for us is this: when you are awarding points, you need to verbalize it. Each ref awards points for takedowns/control differently, so when my kid is awarded a 2 point reversal, by the referee holding up two fingers, and not by saying "2!!!", my kid has no idea to unlock his hands, and the bottom kid has no idea to give up his defense and belly down before he gives up back points. I was told "if you kid has been in the practice room, he should know". Again, I could only smile and walk away....After the fact, I wanted to go and give him a copy of the NCAA D1 finals matches DVD, and have him listen to those refs scream things like "We're neutral guys" or "ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE" on back counting. Apparently, the D1 guys should NOT know, but 6u kids SHOULD.......