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Originally Posted by doubleringer
Just for curiosity's sake, when I deal with college coaches I do tend to give them a little more rope as far as complaining. I somewhere picked up the philosophy that these guys are coaching as a job, to put food on their table, not an extra paycheck they are picking up like high school coaches. To me, the college and especially pro game is more about competition. High school athletics is an extension of the classroom where they learn skills to deal with situations that come up in life as an adult.
Any thoughts on this philosophy?
Oh, and my thoughts on technicals in the pro game... they found they were losing fans because of the unsporting attitudes of their players so they fixed it. That, to me, is the only reason they made the change. It's all about $ in the pros.
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I too have heard that philosophy. I don''t necessarily disagree with that. I agree with JRut in saying that the coaches at that level are more than likely more intelligent with issues they bring up with officials. Still, I see some of the antics coaches pull in some of these D-I games and have to wonder why T's aren't being handed out. I don't see this at the pro game where the pressure to win is just as, if not greater than the college game. That does bring me to a question...do coaches at that level have scratch powers like they do at the high school level? I'm assuming so, and this could play a role for a newish official in deciding whether to pull the trigger or not.
As far as the NBA issuing more technicals, their tweaks for their Respect of the Game philosophies more readily applies to players rather than coaches. The only clamp down I read/seen for coaches was the one with assistant coaches (more going the route that we do at high school...seen not heard). You're right in saying that the NBA has to take money into consideration...just as any professional sporting league has to.