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The only problem here is that some officials are hesitant to issue the T, for many reasons, even after the stop sign. Some coaches also want to know where the line is and if you give the stop sign, you should only give it once, and then penalize. Coaches don't respect constant warnings, they see it as a sign of weakness and take advantage of it to the point of continually pushing you.
All too common a problem: 1)Stop sign, 2) That's all, 3) I won't hear any more of it, 4)Stay in your box, then 5)well I'm not gonna T him now, there's only a couple minutes left and it won't serve a purpose... You've just given the coach a free pass with this philosophy, and it just perpetuates the behavior. If you're gonna warn, you better be able to actually penalize.
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