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Originally Posted by Philz
...used most the time to punish unsportsman like behavior. Yes he was unsportsman like for sure...
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This is what sums it up. You say the coach was unsprortsmanlike, but you didn't punish it according to the rules. You didn't make the call. It's no different than not making the traveling call. You did, in effect, help decide the outcome by
not making the call.
Believe me, I used to think exactly as you do - let the kids decide the game, not the coaches. But, coaches do help decide games - they request TO's in strategic places, they call the offensive and defensive sets, they decide when certain players come into the game based on situations, and many more. If you truly believe coaches shouldn't affect the outcome of games, then they should be banned from the benches entirely. Only the kids should be there, right? You know that's not the case. So if you look at it realistically, coaches have just as much responsibility for the outcome as the players; therefore they should be held to the same standards of behavior.
As I've gotten older, I've realized the T is just another call, just like traveling. There is still some judgement as to what warrents the T, just like there is judgement in whether the pivot foot was lifted before the dribble was started. As we become more experienced, we miss less of both.