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Totally agree with MTD on this. Who are his comments directed to? They were obviously directed to the official and about his judgement. They most certainly are vulgar. As Mark said, "If this is not vulgar, what is???"
All that said, would I have issued the appropriate flagrant T at that time? I'm sitting here trying to visualize me being there and I can honestly say, "I'm not sure". I can actually see me giving a simple T at that point, when I probably should have gone with the flagrant and sent him to the showers. So I definitely empathize with Ref in Rehab.
Most certainly the threat draws another T and this time not the 'simple one'. He's gone. Obviously, he's got his second direct (automatic ejection) but his second is also deemed flagrant by me and I'm making sure it is in the book as such--because when I make my necessary post-game reports--I want everything very clearly understood by all what his actions were.
Ref in Rehab, overall I think you did as well as you could. You, like all of us, learn from each game. What you have done is given us an opportunity to learn from your experiance. Hopefully, when we are now faced with similar situations, we will be better equipped to handle more appropriately.
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