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Mick,
Your right, I had no idea for sure. My thought at the time of the "T" was where was the warning??
But without a rule book on hand - I couldn't be sure enough to argue.
Later, in the next game, my player was asked to tuck in. In this case however the shirt was just loose and NOT untucked at all. My player showed the ref this, and he said, "tuck it in, or its a technical" Here I had an argument and pretty much gave it to him. He put me on the repeater, saying "look in the rule book", "its in the rule book" over and over
So here I am
Now, to the question if he was cheating, I told my wife somebody would say that! hahahaha
IDK I would say that. Was he showing favor, yes. How could he not for many of the reasons mentioned. He lives in the village, works at the school etc. WOuld I work games in my own hometown??, no - but these are cards we are dealt out here. Only for the League Tournament, District tournament are refs flown in.
All that said, there were two referees on the court and the 2nd in this case called a decent game. That in its self makes the flaws of the other guy stand out even more. As a coach all you want to know is was your team was good enough or not. You don't want to leave the talking about a ref. I am sure you all feel the same. AND that hasn't been the case 95% of time otherwise I wouldn't coach through that kind of BS - even out here.
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