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Originally Posted by lpneck
1.) There are two things at play here. First, you have to make sure this is actually unsportsmanlike conduct. As has been stated in other posts, it might just be that this player is familiar with your partner (who is laughing), and is joking around with him during warmups.
Me: "Partner, do you know that kid?"
Partner: "Yes, this is the 3rd time I've had this team this season- he's a good kid."
I have nothing.
Me: "Partner, do you know that kid?"
Partner: "Yes, I had them last week and they lost after he fouled out on a close block/charge play with 5 seconds remaining. I almost had to give him a T that night because of his reaction to the call."
I have a technical foul.
If you decide that his statement was not him joking around with someone he knew and was comfortable with, then if he said this loud enough for you to hear- and HE knows you heard it- then you have to whack him. It doesn't matter if anyone else heard it... he was directing the statement at YOU.
If you just decide to warn him or the coach at that point, you might as well hang a neon sign around your neck that says, "I am afraid to handle business out here. Please walk all over me tonight."
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If the T is the only tool you have for dealing with a misbehaving player, then I guess you gotta T this kid or turn on the neon sign. If you have more than one tool in your bag, then you can pick the one you feel would be most effective.
But to say you've got to T the kid or get walked on...that's a false dichotomy.