There is a simple question that will answer this question about whinning or working; From the official, "Coach are you talking to me?" If the answer is yes, 1 point. If no, then set down. The only time a coach is to talk to the official is at the table. Then he can NOT question judgement.
The problem all starts with the Way the IHSAA has coaches rate officials. The officials are then afraid to make coaches unhappy. Because then they will not move on in the tourney. Officials have to figure out that with all of the politics and the rating system that the IHSAA really doesn't care if the best officials get to the state tourney or not. They just need bodies. And coaches have to ask why are young officials leaving the profession; because every coach in the world thinks they have to "work" him and by the end of a Saturday Tourney he doesn't care if he ever does it again. (We haven't even started talking about attempting to get contracts! Which every AD wants someone with regional experience or better.) Ask why it is that IHSAA has to admit officials in to the tourney series that do NOT meet the minimum requirements of what they (the IHSAA) list that an official must meet. And they were still 5 officials short. The question that needs to be asked, is how many officials did a sectional and did not meet the minimum requirements of what was expected? And why?
One of the problems is that some of the wrestling coaches went to the Bobby Knight school of "working officials" and have not heard of the words tact or diplomacy. You want better officials it is about time that you started working with the official and stop "working" the officials. And if officials would not let the coaches "work" them then it would make it easier on the next official that has that coach. Stop trying to be his friend! Be professional, be prepared, and make the call.
Let me sign off by saying, just one more old ref thinking of hanging up his wrestling shoes.