He was the AR on that side of the field, he had every possible right to advise that the player leave the technical area. Generally an AR will assume the duties of technical area management, at least from what I've heard from most refs (and my very limited AR experience).
must admit, i 've yet to encounter an official technical area, - palm sunday should be fun
interesting point, Evan, about responsiblities of asst ref. most would, i think, agree that asst ref does what ref asks him to do and i don't imagine that too many refs ask asst refs to 'assume the duties of technical area management'. asked to notify the ref about misconduct that they couldn't possibly have seen, perhaps, but not that.
that's not to say that assistant refs don't occasionally do things that ref's haven't asked them to do. personally, as a CAR and an assistant ref i have asked plenty of people to move behind the respect 'cones' - even with that, on occasion, i've asked the referee to have a word with people about standing along the touchline.
clearly, one of those have to be there moments and Rainer's point about when to intercede and when not to is, i think, well made. Remember, given that this is an u12's game, some refs on here would never have issued the yellow in the first place
the issue here, i guess, is what things the player shouted at the opposition manager. if they could be viewed as offensive, insulting or abusive, and not just in the opinion of the asst ref, then i would argue that the asst ref has a responsibiity, not to try and resolve the situation themselves, but to inform the referee, who can then take whatever action he or she feels to be appropriate.
...and even if they are not offinabus worthy, i'd still argue on the side of informing the referee rather than getting involved directly.
