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Originally Posted by TussAgee11
IMO, it's not baiting because you are still giving him choices. If you want to give a T for the halftime stuff, I guarantee all hell will break loose if you do it coming out of the half. You may say "not my problem, his actions need punishment." I say its a battle you can't win, pick it else where. Like on something you can win... right out in the open court.
He'll flip, bench will flip, hell home scorer might flip. Then whatda ya got? A situation you ain't ever fixing for the last 16.
Hell, you could make an argument that doing it behind the scenes is baiting another 5 T's.
I'd penalize him too, and him and me would know its about what he did at halftime, everyone else will think he must have said a magic word into my ear. You may say that he'll cry foul about it, but I bet that he doesn't want his AD to know what he did back there, so he'll probably bite his tongue. And the cosmic forces realign, Team B gets their two shots.
It's not perfect, and I have some problems with it, but it's the best way IMO. Any other way produces an outcome I don't want.
If he did it running off the court into half, we'd have another story.
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You job as an official is to react to what happens and apply the rules. That alone determines the outcome of the game. It is not up to you to orchestrate the outcome so it fits what you want. Unethical.
Get it through your head that baiting and manipulating are the same thing and both are unethical methods for an official to use.
If I were your partner in any game where you used the kind of game management you described causing a coach's Tor ejection my letter to the assigner/state office would be to recommend removal of your officiating permit.
How many times do I have to say unethical.