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I've received 2 T's in my career.
The first was in a game in which we were completely over matched. The officials waved in a sub that reported to the table long after the warning horn sounded following a time out. I reminded them that no subs are allowed after the warning horn and they both looked at me like I had two heads and then they looked at each other and started to come together to discuss it. Obviously they had no idea what I was talking about. The opposing coach is holding his sub at the table waiting for a decision and I turned to him and said (loud enough for the officials to hear), "Tim, just send him in, these two don't know the rules anyway." That got me the T. I sat quietly the rest of the game...I knew I "earned" the T but I didn't feel bad about it...those two were incompetent.
The 2nd I was actually trying to be funny. The official who whacked me was someone I knew by name, but didn't know per se. 1st half my pg got hit on the forearm on a pull up jumper loud enough to hear the contact. Lead became trail in front of my bench and I said (only loud enough for him to hear), "Sammy, you didn't hear the contact? My grandmother in the last row who's 85 heard that one." I was shocked when he blew the whistle and whacked me, and as I took my seat I told him, "sheez, I was just trying to be funny."
I've actually felt bad, and apologized later, for things I've said and haven't been t'd up for though...Heat of the moment stuff, where I'll say it and then say to myself, boy if the roles were reversed I would have definitely called a T.
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