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Originally posted by chrs_schuster
Ok Fellas, I am a second year ref, and I'm not sure what a more experienced ref would have done so here goes. I'm trail official in a girls JV game. Late 4th quarter about 1:30 left on the clock. Score tied. I call travel on home team in there frontcourt. As I'm making my travel signal, I see head coach for home team ( a woman and an official too) flipping me off with her arms. She then mouthed F##K OFF!! to me. I immediately T,d her in a crucial part of the game. So I told she had lost her coaching box privileges. As the rest of the game was going on I noticed her getting up out of her seat. My partner and I both told her to sit down. They lost the game in overtime, but I was just wondering if you guys would have handled it different? thanks
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Fellow 2nd year official, I understand your uncertainty. I have given out a few T's in my short career and one ejection (player). I am on this website constantly becoming better enable to apply the "spirit of the rule" correctly. The concept, Mr. Padgett stated is a good one. The way I see it must reasonable people will observe you making your best effort in applying the "spirit of the rule" correctly. In this situation, I believe you applied what you thought was the right thing to do. You should make a note of this in your basketball journal and learn from it.
I personally keep a journal of every game I work. So, I can reflect of some of the unusual situations in which I may encounter in a game setting. It will get easier as you continue in this avocation. Dealing with these types of situations.