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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
Examples of Nevada's automatic Ts from games that I have coached in during the spring.
"Player didn't control the ball - Travel!" (this is how the call was made during the run of play!
Player dropped the ball while picking it up. I simplyt asked wasn't that a fumble. Response: "She fumbled it coach - that's a double dribble!"
Situation where A had ball in front court, B tapped a pass, A tapped it and recovered in backcourt. I tell ref that's a backcourt because A was last to touch in f/c. "Your player touched it coach, they didn't have control - that's not a backcourt!"
If this passes for rules knowledge from refs getting paid to ref a game, how can a coach that has these same understandings get a T for not knowing the rules?
And where is that T covered in the rulebook? It is somehow more unsporting to ask for a call when you have the rule wrong than when you have it right? Sorry Nevada, but this has to be one of the more ludicrous reasons for an automatic T that I have read.
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Coach, That is great stuff!
I'd have to say that it sounds like these officials deserve a few technical fouls.
If anything, your post only serves to strengthen my position that poor rules knowledge is unacceptable and should be punished. The coaches who inflict their lack of understanding upon the officials should receive technical fouls. That is the only thing that will force these coaches to change. The officials who are as wrong as those in the examples you have provided should have games taken away. That is the most effective punishment for them.
I understand that a lack of other (quality) officials and availability problems pose serious challenges to what I advocate, but if I were in charge of the officials for a tournament, I could guarantee you that you wouldn't have to put up with those guys. I could also guarantee that poor conduct from coaches would hurt their teams.
The bottom line is that neither the refs nor the coaches should have these misconceptions about the rules. That is one of the goals of this forum. I feel obligated when I step on the court to do something about this problem.
PS Where is the T in the rules book? 10-4-1 (b) (also a, e, and f may be applicable)