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tomegun
You obviously do not read what I write. I never said he should or should not have given him a T - I clearly said that we could not definitively give an answer to that without having been there in his situation.
I said that by rule he clearly should give him a T. I also said that he may have wanted to consider his personal situation and whether or not giving the second T was going to make it worse. With 0.1 left, it would not affect the game outcome, so if he felt it would make matters worse to T, I could understand him not doing it.
This has absolutely nothing to do with me being or not being a coach. You need to take the time to read my full argument and understand my reasoning, rather than assuming that I am arguing a certain point because I am defending coaches or taking a coach's perspective. This is the second thread in which you have chosen to completely ignore my line of reasoning and eliminate further discussion with the"he's just a coach, we expect nothing less from him" type of reasoning. I think if you read my posts you would understand that I do not just take a parochial coach perspective.
As a coach, I have rarely heard obscenity directed at a ref from the bench (I'm not saying never, but very rarely). More often from the stands and the players, as well as from coaches to players. I have NEVER used profane language toward my players or my referees in over 400 games of basketball coaching and countless practices.
So from this coach's perspective, my opponent who is acting like a total idiot should be gone. But I won't object with 0.1 seconds left and my team safely leading and holding the ball, if you choose to ignore the bozo and get the game over with. More than anything else, I want to get my team off the floor and out of this crazy gym anyway.
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