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I guess that I just regard all T's on player to be a result of bad judgment by players. Players who routinely exercise bad judgment are a reflection of a lack of team discipline and will get more Ts. But most cases of bad player discipline do not result in a coach being seatbelted.
The pregame dunk can be a one-time action, the coach has no opportunity to correct it that day, and he is already seatbelted. If a player acts up on the bench, it is not an automatic T and the head coach has the ability to correct it (like saying shut up - I'll deal with the ref!). In the dunking case, the coach could tell the player he is benched for the night 1 second after he dunks, but with that one dunk the coach is already seatbelted for the night.
I understand the bench personnel thing - but the punishment doesn't seem to fit the crime, IMO.
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