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Originally Posted by rainmaker
Gimlet, I'm not a D1 ref, and I never will be. Probably won't ever do college of any level. But I like to read these kinds of discussion relating to the different levels, and try to understand the mindset behind the thinking. I understand your argument that at your level, this might be just a T without the ejection (not saying I agree or disagree, just understanding).
The part I'm confused about is the part about the player punching someone. If the coach yells to a player on the floor that she should punch someone, and before the whistle is even blown there's a punch, then, yea, I see that being an ejection.
But in the OP, the coach told the girl to punch her opponent the next time the girl got bumped. Well, at your level now, say you hear that comment and just hand out the T. Now, if the player waited until she got bumped to actually act on the incitement, do you eject the coach retroactively, so to speak? I"m confused how that would work in real life.
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Well I guess it all depends on the space and time between the "T" and the player punching. If Its right after the "T" then sure toss the coach for instigating a fight!
By assessing the "T", verbalizing why to the coach sends the right message to the players. Hopefully a player wouldn't go ahead and punch another. Really I'm hoping no one ever has to ever deal with this in their game!! Again this IMHO and how I interpret and enforce the rules.