I had one problem coach that almost started a riot the week before. I was assigned his sideline the following week in an effort to keep him in check. My normal routine pregame, then he informs me he will be at our meeting on Monday night on his grievance filing regarding the previous game. Great ball game two incidences with the coach, almost ejected his Assistant Coach. But a lengthy conversation cleared the air. "Why did you throw that flag?" "Hang on coach, you have an injured player and I have a ball to spot for the Umpire." came back and turned my back to him, which is how I explained I would handle things while I was working the field. "So, regarding the block in the back call, pure and simple, poor coaching." "What?" "You spent all week working on that play, hammering the absolute need for that receiver to make that block, never taught him how to handle the unexpected. Crack back blocks can be good blocks but they have to be legal. Look at the film, tackle fires out, hits defensive end turns defensive end to the inside, tackle slides off and takes out the outside linebacker, your end plows right into the numbers on the back of the jersey. Do you know what a pick in basketball is?" "Yeah I do" "Run up to the defensive end stop and let him turn into the receiver. That man can be 6'-10" and 400 labs, he cannot turn blindside and get to the outside to make the tackle if the receiver uses his head, bad coaching, watch the film." Monday Night, Coach arrives, sees me, shakes hands, "You were absolutely right on the call." I replied, " Thanks Coach, hope my suggestion helps the player in the future, by the way, I am on the Board and will be listening to the grievance, I may comment but will not vote." Based on film we had, the coach was just throwing a fit and had no reason to go out of control on the call during the previous week. I had a long talk with him afterward. Got a lot of calls from that coach during the rest of the season.