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Look at it this way...
It's better that he got the technical foul in a game he had no shot of winning anyway, and in doing so is taught a lesson about what is and isn't acceptable when speaking to or dealing with officials, than if you or another official had to deal with him in a close game where a technical foul may very well decide the outcome.
I like to think about how my actions affect my partners, and the officials those coaches and players encounter later. Like making sure to enforce the fashion police rules so future officials don't have to hear "well the ref in the last game allowed us to wear red undershirts with our home whites".
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