[Back In The Saddle]

When giving a T, you want to ask yourself, "Will this T make the game better?" If the answer is yes, then give it. One of the ways in which T'ing the coach can make the game better is that he may stop focusing on the officiating and go back to coaching his team. That is a very desirable outcome. If that doesn't work, then perhaps his absence will help the team. You'll find a lot of stories here about how that has been the case.

The one time I tossed a coach, the team rallied and decided to play ball instead of *****ing and moaning. Guess what, they started to close the gap. If I had thrown the coach earlier, they might have come back and won the game. That, obviously, is not the reason for doing it, just an illustration of how taking care of business actually helped the team rather than hurting it.