Not enough action during sparring?

[mozilla2004]

I'm still new to boxing. In my last few sparring session, there hasn't been much action. I'm sparring against people much more senior than me. I'm very patient these days. My defence is reasonably good, so opponents want me to throw the first punch so they can counter off of it. I try to do the same thing, which ends up with neither of us throw many punches. When they try to put the pressure on me, I just dance away. When I put the pressure on them, they block everything, then I back out.

Is this a bad thing? Are we both being too technical? Are we both being too careful? My coach, who's normally shouting a lot of instructions, doesn't say much from his corner, so does that mean he's getting bored?