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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
The use of certain socially unaccetable language being used by a coach when addressing his players on the court. I do not have a problem with the coach receiving a flagrant technical foul in this situation. How is this different than the situation that I described.
1) The coach's language took place during play and was directed toward his players who were on the court not bench personnel. The coach's language also affects all of the players (both his and his opponents around him). AND, more importantly, his language is a classic example of NFHS R10-S4-A1c.
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Are you saying that simply because the player was on the floor as opposed to the bench, the response by the coach makes a difference? I could just have easily described the play as a player made a bad play, the coach took him out, and then yelled "F*ck!" so that everyone in the gym heard it. That doesn't hold water.
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2) The assistant coach's actions in my situation took place on the bench involving other bench personnel.
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So, since the kid was on the bench, it's different than yelling a profanity because of what a player on the floor did?
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No one has ever accused me of not charging a player or bench personnel with a technical foul when warranted.
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And no one has here either. We're just simply saying that rules are in place to handle this sitch, while you're saying only 2-3 allows you to address it. That's simply no true.
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But, we have all been taught two important game management rules:
1) Don't use a 500 lb bomb to kill a fly, or don't use a nuclear warhead to destroy hornest's nest (which is probably a better analogy for my situation).
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You mean like replying to a post with 14 paragraphs when 14 words would have worked just as well!
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2) Do what is best for the game at that time, while not abusing the rules.
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Since when is penalizing unsporting behavior an example of abusing the rules?
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In our situation, a technical foul was not best for the game but the Elastic Clause gave us an way do deal with a serious problem while not abusing the rules.
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Nah! You didn't have it, you just chose to do it that way.
It's kind of amazing to me that you want to call a T and an intentional foul in the other situation, but you're unwilling to call a T on an asst. coach who is abusing a player.
Just wanted to add I don't see a problem with what you did, but I think the situation could have been handled by applying Rule 10.
[Edited by BktBallRef on May 13th, 2002 at 11:13 AM]