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Originally posted by SMEngmann
I don't see how a technical wasn't called on the assistant coach. If it was the HC it seems like it's a borderline T. The assistant, who is not allowed to even have a coach's box is out of the box and at the table arguing with a call. That's as automatic as it gets in my book. What if the assistant on the other team did the same thing? I agree with trying to reduce the number of technical fouls, but blatently ignoring a rule about bench decorum is not the way to handle the situation in my opinion. The more officials who let this type of thing go, the harder it becomes to create sportsmanship.
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I agree completely.
A couple years back I was working a 8B game, CYO post season tourney. My partner was a high school age ref - exceptionally good for his age & experience level. I made an out of bounds call near the baseline, team that caused the the OOB called time out. As my partner reported the TO I noticed a woman walk out onto the floor towards him, so I headed that way & heard her start to complain to him about my OOB call. I walked up & said nicely "excuse me Mam, but who are you and why are you on the playing floor?" Her rather pompous response was "I'm the assistant coach!", to which I calmly replied "thankyou, technical foul". She started to say something else, so I gave her the "stop sign" and told her one more word & she'd be watching the rest of the game from the parking lot, and to please return to her team bench. I then reported the T and informed her HC he would have to sit the rest of the game.