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I don't think that the coaches dropping of the "F" bomb in this situation was a personal attack on you as an official, thus not warranting a flagrant T. On the other hand, if it gets personal to where he says something like, "you're an F!@#$ing something", then I would have to leaned towards a flagrant technical. I think that the standard technical foul was the appropriate call here, which you assessed. I feel a lot of coaches just get caught up in the moment of the game, and especially this one to where is was a close game. I think that by tossing him because he says thats F!@#$ing Bulls!@# to one of your calls, makes a travesty of the game. T him up, which is what you did, and get on with the game. Your partner screwed up however, by not going over to the coach following your T, and enforcing the seat belt rule. This might have helped you in the fact that your partner might have been able to help difuse the situation. However, when he made the threatening comment to you, you and your partner made a travesty of the game by not assessing the second technical foul on the coach and ejecting him. Also, like others have said, if you felt threatened in any way, you should have filed a police report on him. And at the very least, you would have had to file a report with your state activities association, explaining his unsporting and unethical behavior, to which they could have taken action against him. Don't let these things go un-noticed! You have to take care of business when it's warranted. I feel that this is why we as officials have such a hard time enforcing sportsmanship in the game today, because we allow players and coaches alike to get away with unsporting behavior like this. Don't be affraid to enforce the rules. It will make the game better for all of us involved, and I guarantee you that this coach would have also learned from his mistake after having had to sit out his next game. He probably would have also gained a little bit more respect for you as an official, following this ejection.
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