I'm still not sold it was a travel, but regardless a coach should be calling it out to get the ref's attention. From only watching a few games on tv, he doesn't give off that commanding presence that barks at refs. jboss went to games in person and says he is on the refs, so I'll have to defer when I know tv doesn't show everything. However, I also don't believe Billy did that to refs early in his career. The other coaches pointed out for doing this are well established in the profession. Being able to ***** our referees may also be something earned to a degree over time, which White hasn't had the time for building his credibility with the refs. I expect he'll evolve over the next few years, but I'm not expecting a big change over any one year.
While referres can blow a game, champions control what they can control - own their performance, improve it, and become unbeatable no matter who you play, or who refs the game. That's what I see from White - acknowledge where you can improve as a coach, as a team, as players, and work on that. Refs may blow games in your favor or against you, something you can't control. How you prepare and execute is wholly within your control - that's what you own, what you speak to and act on. Class act indeed.
This is one of the biggest things that stood out to me this season. Last year, we wondered if he could collect talent and get it to play together. This year he showed he can recruit, develop, and control/guide (dare I say 'coach'?) that talent to work together. Future looks good. t10 recruiting classes for the next few years only makes our future that much brighter (Mac, you paying attention?).