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I thought that he did an incredible job of handling the situation.
The first technical was a given Davis knew that when he headed out onto the court.
So, you have a 1-point game with 10 seconds left and you are going to shoot two free throws for the technical. At this point I think that you want to avoid having to assess another one. The last thing you want are people thinking that you were too quick on the trigger on the second one.
The way that Bert handled it, there was no doubt that Davis deserved the second one. Bert said, "Walk away" at least 3-4 times before he finally whacked him the second time. Ample opportunity for the coach to regain composure.
As a final note, until I am working an Big Ten / SEC game on ESPN like this, I think I'll hold back on the what-I-think-I'd-do comments... There is no way to compare the pressure in that game and in that situation to something that happens at the high school or JuCo level, IMHO.
- Brad
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