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Originally Posted by StripesOhio
JVB, 2-person crew, sloppy game
I'm T, tableside...partner the lead. Partner administers throw-in on the baseline. Partner is up to about 2 seconds on his count when the horn sounds and a sub enters the game.
When the horn sounded I made hand motion to my partner seeing if he wanted to kill the throw-in or continue. He opted to play on, then proceeded to T up the player who entered the floor illegally.
Coach went ballistic, was harping us all night long. I think it's the right call considering the coaches attitude (of which I should have T'ed him up when he called a timeout just to chew me out, even though I walked away).
Anywho, we both explain to the coach the rule and he was, again, upset. I said coach, listen...it's a BS rule but it's the rule. The ball was live and you're player entered the game without me waving him in. Coach tried to say I did wave him in which was incorrect.
After explaining again he seemed to accept the decision and walked away.
Overall, it was the correct way to handle it...BUT, as the V crew said--preventative officiating we probably should have whistled it dead and re-administered making the sub wait. Either way, I feel comfortable with my partners call because of the way the coach was acting anyway.
Thoughts?
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Stripes,
I am not a big fan of "punitive" officiating. It is either worthy of a technical or it is not. If you had other problems with the coach, handle those issues. At the same time, inadvertent whistles can create a real mess -- as you discovered tonight. As Jurassic would say, Rulez is Rulez. At the same time, you had a great opportunity to preventative officiate.
My advice concerning "inadvertent horns" is to blow your whistle to kill the play WHENEVER possible. Do NOT kill the play if a team is on a fast break. But, for the most part, I have rarely EVER seen a situation in which the officiating crew "played through" the "inadvertent horn" with a result BETTER than had the crew blown the play dead.
For the most part, players react when a whistle blows. They also react when a horn sounds. As officials, WE KNOW that the horn is to be ignored. As a coach, I always teach my players to ignore the horn. BUT, the truth is, in 95+% of cases, when players react to the horn (to enter a game), they are taking the correct action. Based on these facts, I truly believe that we should be stopping play in the event the horn sounds inadvertently.
In your particular situation, I am guessing that the player just may have heard the horn, reacted to your "hand motion" made to your partner mistaking the motion as a beckoning on to the floor.
By book rule, since you did NOT kill the play, your partner was correct to call the technical foul. At the same time, as your Varsity crew pointed out, you had an opportunity to prevent a technical foul -- and a MESS for the rest of the game. For the record, I would have blown my whistle. I also would have allowed the sub to enter the game once I had done so.