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Old Tue Jul 25, 2006, 07:55am
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Originally Posted by REFVA
He was questioning every call. In doing that I saw a frustration on his boys face. They were starting to foul a little harder. The coach was saying these comments loud enough to have the whole gym hear him. Comments made were just out of line.
That's exactly why I don't think that you can really make any hard and fast rule on when to call a "T".

Most, but not all, conduct-type "T"s are judgement calls. Acts like swearing at or physical contact with an official are obvious exceptions. That particular comment made once and as an isolated incident is probably not an immediately "T"able offense. Made repeatedly, and in a different context- as above, the same comment just shouldn't be ignored imo. And.....like it or agree with it or not, summer AAU-type games do get called differently too.
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