[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by tomegun

Do you think it is OK to send this message to any young official who might look at this thread? How many times has it been said, if you T a coach get away. I'm not saying run away even if the coach still continues with the same behavior, but what you said to the coach should have been said by your partner, IMO. It worked for you this time, but this isn't really a good practice to continue.

tomegun:

I am not going to take the bait. I stand by my previous statements as a general principle. This interaction happened so fast that my partner wouldn't have had a chance to intervene and the coach's demeanor completely changed once I told him he had received a TF. Instead of making more comments he went absolutely silent and made a bee-line for the bench. The coach had his tuchus on the bench before I could finish telling he had lost the bench. I have a feeling that he might have been tossed earlier in the season and a second ejection would have meant he would have been automatically suspended for the rest of the seaon including the post-season tournemant.

MTD, Sr.