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Dan: ZERO-tolerance is what I will be practicing from now one. Would some preventive officiating work here? Would you issue a warning to the head coach? Or would you just bang the assistant for the very first infraction or let the first one slide then get him for the next one?

I will probably issue a single warning to the head coach for infractions by his assistants, then BANG!


JUGREF:
Everyone seems to agree that he should have seen the "T". Thanks for your input and the definitive post. -- T Him!
If I'm ever in that situation again, expect to hear about how I issued the technical!


Brian W:
Probably not a good choice of words on my part. If this assistant coach had backed me into a corner and said a smart-aleck remark like that to me, he would have been rung up. I tried the "stop" hand and it didn't work. Yeah, a T was definitely called for. Thanks for relaying your experience. I will choose my words a little more carefully next time. I will probably use the old "I've heard enough" routine.

co2ice:
Thanks for the encouragment to continue using diplomacy. I'm learning that diplomacy is my first option, but when diplomacy doesn't work to back it up with a "T". "Speak softly and carry a back stick!"

glind:
I think this is an experience many JR High officials can relate to. You and everyone else seem to agree, "T". There isn't anything in the rules that would allow you to eject a coach for having two technicals in two different games. However, if a coach jumped out on the floot at me and I accidentally ran into him (and he'd been a jerk all evening) OR DEFINITELY if he ran into me, I would consider that "intentionally contacting an official" and would have tossed him.

moose69:
You and I sound like we will work on the same philosophy. Warn then bang!

Indy_ref:
Yeah, I should have. He put the ASS in Assistant Coach.


General consensus is that I should have whacked this wacko.