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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
Yup, Brandon. That's a T, even in my varsity games. The T is for the profanity, obviously; not for the "blow the whistle" comment.
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Yes, that ought to be true. My first instinct when someone says, "Blow the whistle!" is to say, "Okay, here you go!" and whack 'em. I never do, but it's so tempting.
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This is my philosophy:
It's not
WHAT they say, it's
HOW they say it!
If a player is running down the court, not looking at me, and says, "blow the whistle"...I would usually ignore it. (Possibly have a word with him during a dead ball)
If another player runs up to me and gets in my face yelling, "Blow the whistle!"...that's easy.
Both players
SAID the same thing...it's their
ACTION that shall be judged unsporting or not IMO.
Same with profanity. If a player swears to himself after a missed basket and it's not heard by anyone but me...I usually let it go. If a player uses the same swear word and has some action with it...(such as directed toward an individual, a call, etc.) then my T is ready and willing.
Side note: If a Coach asks me what his player said...I usually tell them, "Coach, it's not what he said, it's how he said it."
And, if the T is for profanity...I don't tell the Coach the actual swear word...I just tell them the T was for profanity.