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Originally posted by Bart Tyson
Mark, why does the partner need to tell the coach why he got a T? 1) he knows why he got the T. 2) the calling official reports it to the table. Also, why is it necessary to tell him what happens if he gets another T?
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Preventative officiating. The idea is not to bait a coach, but if he is going to get a second technical foul it should hopefully not be from the official that gave him the first one. Lets face it, when a coach gets a technical foul the official who gave it to him is now the object of that coach's affections. I have yet to see a coach who immediately turns around and goes and sits down on his team's bench the instant he received the technical. A coach will always want to "talk" to the official who gave him the technical and that is not good.
Watch a college (men's or women's), NBA, or WNBA game. Whenever a coach receives a technical, another official heads off the coach and gets him back to his bench. You may not believe it but many coaches do not have a clue as to why they received a technical foul. Most coaches beleive that because they have just have received a technical foul, it gives them the right to have an upclose and personal conversation with the official that whacked him. The job of the other official is to turn the coach around and remind him that he does not want to continue down the path that he wants to travel.