This from today's college match. Half time, just awarded a yellow card to black for a team offence. I happen to be counting the penalties and make it 8 to black and 4 to white. 2 of the blacks had been throwing the ball away and therefore ten yards and three for offsides at the ruck repeatedly leading to the yellow.
Coach arrives as I go to my water. "Tim,whats happening with the penalties, you have given 19 against us ( not a maths teacher then). I'm a bit caught but say "through the captain please Bob". He says "I'm the coach". I know this and say, yes, but through the captain please. Oh OK, I can show you what they were for". He's not happy and I realise I probably should have left it "with the captain". I called the captain over and he is stuck in the middle of the team talk by the coach who says "I'm talking at the moment". I wait until he has finished, have a word with the captain and explain. He doesn't want the coach present.
Any better way of handling it?
Coach arrives as I go to my water. "Tim,whats happening with the penalties, you have given 19 against us ( not a maths teacher then). I'm a bit caught but say "through the captain please Bob". He says "I'm the coach". I know this and say, yes, but through the captain please. Oh OK, I can show you what they were for". He's not happy and I realise I probably should have left it "with the captain". I called the captain over and he is stuck in the middle of the team talk by the coach who says "I'm talking at the moment". I wait until he has finished, have a word with the captain and explain. He doesn't want the coach present.
Any better way of handling it?