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Originally posted by zebraman
...In my area, a coach would get just as much punishment (suspension) from the official's report than if I walk back to the table and have the scorer write a T down in the book. What purpose does it serve for me to go back since the coaches punishment will be the same either way? Answer: None.
I am not going to tolerate that abuse at the end of the game and my report will be very thorough. But for me to swim upstream against the players and coaches after that outburst is just dumb, IMHO.
Z
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I agree in some ways and it is surely is a Had To Be There situation. But your answer of "None." is wrong to me. It is wrong because the crowd saw you permit/tolerate that behavior. You have now promoted it to them. Perhaps they are couth enough to understand your predicament and have their own scrupples to prevent themselves from doing similarly. Perhaps not. Perhaps that was the impetus they wanted and now they will feel it is acceptable to vent similarly.
To turn around and blow the whistle in his face "That's a flagrant technical foul, Coach. And I WILL file the paperwork. And you WILL be sitting out next game." sends a rather large meaning. You just don't deliver that message to the proper audience if you quietly file the paperwork and the coach sits a game.
Again HTBT.
Now turn and run!
