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Originally posted by ShadowStripes
Before discussing the coach communication, might I add a thought about the technical foul? I won't disagree with your assessment that it was unsportsmanlike behavior that, in some instances, should result in the foul. But, in your comments you even suggest that the floor slapping might have also been as a result of his own frustration for committing the silly foul. Could you have saved yourself by giving him the glare instead of the instant technical? Often, I can give the evil stare and a player will quickly offer an apology and say "I'm just mad at myself." Even if that's not entirely true, you've made your point and drawn the line so you're absoultely covered if he does it again. You can then take the opportunity to politely explain to the player and/or coach that essentially a "mulligan" has been issued.
This would have prevented you from immediately fouling out a player with back to back fouls. Again, I don't know the game situation; maybe the player had been troublesome during the contest and deserved it. I just wanted to add a little to your thought process in terms of game managing preventative officiating.
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Based on a game that I did today and a lesson that I learned, I disagree with this philosophy of passing on T'able offenses, although I understand the logic. In my BJV game it was an urban game between two of the roughest schools in the area. Game went smoothly until team A built a commanding lead in the 4th. Team B began getting frustrated and my partner had a holding foul against Team A, team B's player, out of frustration kind of swung his elbow late, we closed and passed on a potential T. On the last play of the game, team B player has a layup and we have a flagrant foul against A1 who just leveled him, and we were lucky to get in and control the situation before a fight broke out. I don't know, but maybe the T would've been a tone setter and we could've prevented the flagrant.