[DownTownTonyBrown]

The rule is you can't be on the court (out of the coach's box).

You were already letting him be out of the box so essentially you had already decided not to T him for this rule violation. And perhaps it was appropriate. He wasn't harping on you; he was coaching his kids in a very noisy gym.

You can't T him because you collided with him - that's not a rule.

The collision was incidental and surely not intentional. I say you should have busted butt and covered the play for your partner and forgot about a T-bone.

After the collision, regroup; call an official's time if your partner needs it to collect himself. Tell the coach he really needs to stay closer to home and definitely shouldn't be on the court or out in front of the table. Then finish your game.

I doubt either team, fans, or players, or anyone would have wanted a technical foul called. It would probably have been a disruption rather than an improvement to the game. The coach may have been humbled if you had called a T, but he may very well have become angry now and made the rest of the game a hell for you. I think the right thing happened without a T.

Just my quarter's worth.