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What I find amazing is that one situation is described, you apply it to a totally different situation in your mind, and justify a T. then you are surprised when people react like BZ. The situation outlined was one where two teams are near the point of exhaustion, two coaches are emotionally drained. One coach is on his kees and collapses when a foul is called down the stretch.
Did it happen because he opposed the call? Did it happen because his best player has fouled out? Did it happen because his team just made a mistake that will cost them the biggest game of their season? Is he mad because his team has done this in three previous close games this season and lost all as a result? Is it just overall frustration, but maybe at his team not with you?
To you, it doesn't matter because a coach once flopped in response to a non-call with the point of demonstrating how his player was knocked to the floor. When you didn't T him, you heard about it. That results in the mental rule of auto T if any coach hits the floor at any time in one of your games if you feel he was objecting to your call. My question is, who cares what you think or feel? This is a close game, and your calls at this point really matter. You had better be sure, or you better not T.
So your answer sounds rather extreme to most of us I think. The point of this whole situation is that you don't know why he did it. And you won't know, not without something else occurring. So your response to potentially WHACK him can only be based on your mental interpretation of what he did. If you have to interpret, you don't want to T, especially in a game like this. Best to hold it til he does something to really earn it.
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