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Originally Posted by Raymond
If she got a technical foul in the first situation for being mad at herself, why would you even have a discussion about the second situation where she obviously didn't like the call by the official?
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I'm not fully convinced that she was upset with the official because the foul call was an obvious call and easy for the official to charge.
I believe that she was upset with herself for fouling in that situation, her second foul and only mid way through the first period.
Note: In high school I was not known for my ball handling, my passing, or outside shooting ability. My "super power" (at only six feet) was in the trenches under the basket, defense (I never met a shot I didn't try to block), offensive rebounding, put backs, and defensive rebounding, and I treated basketball as a "full contact sport". A second foul in the first period usually got me a seat on the bench, at least until the second period, and that second foul, warranted, or not, always pissed me off, sometimes at myself, and sometimes at the official.
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
This time she physically assaulted the stanchion after being charged with a foul, leaving the official to decide is she was upset at the official for calling the foul, or frustrated at herself for fouling? I think that the foul was pretty obvious, leaving me to believe that she was frustrated at herself for fouling.
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However, showing such strong emotion after such a foul is called against you (for whatever and any reason) is never a "good look" and may always draw the attention of the official and tingling their "spidey sense".
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
... this is the WNBA where it appears that they have a zero tolerance policy on "stanchion abuse".
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