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Originally posted by Dan_ref
IMO "staring down" an official as in this play is disrespectful and unsporting behavior.
Apparently you and others agree with me that this is unsporting behavior but you don't like the direct approach.
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I don't agree. I think it's juvenille and shows poor coaching ability (wasting a TO), but I don't think it's unsportsmanlike. It's nothing. It's a look. And a look isn't T-worthy, in my opinion.
As I said earlier, if you don't like it, then just get him the next time he actually
does something. But you can't T somebody who hasn't done anything illegal. And no matter where you come from, looking at someone is not illegal. And like you, I feel I've been saying the same thing over and over, but I don't know how else to make my point. No illegal action = no T.
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I do agree with Bob that the first step *must* be to confront the coach in this play and give him a chance to back off
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I also said this very early in the thread. I said that if a T is thrown in this situation, I would hope that it would not happen until after my partner had tried to walk him back to his box.