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We were all over the original call. The calling official reported the foul and answered a very calm question from the head coach, which apparently one of the assistants did not like the response. As he went to report the technical he began to second guess his rules knowledge (he's almost too familiar with NCAA rules, specifically NCAAW) and was unsure of the NFHS rule if any on bench technicals. The rest happened very quickly, the second technical was unavoidable, the assistant got in the lead's path on the court as he was coming to get the trail out of there (trail was already leaving) Our conversation then took place past center court opposite the bench. On the tape you can clearly see the assistant (unfortunately not hear him) step towards us and throw his hands up in our direction. I agree that often a mess can be contained to the original problem but this was an avalanche of dumbness. Fortunately I didn't have to explain anything, as I had said in the OP, once I walked over from our huddle, the bench had calmed down and the head coach was already walking out of the gym. During our conversation afterwards we were unable to find the rule which would allow a bench technical.
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