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Old Sun Jan 30, 2011, 01:38pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Cooling Off Period ...

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Originally Posted by Johnny Ringo View Post
Technical foul called and the administration of the technical foul resulted in shooting the first free throw at the wrong basket.
I've been doing this for thirty years and every single year we've been warned about this. Officials will often call technical fouls when they're pissed off. And sometimes being pissed off can lead to mistakes being made that would normally not be made by an official in a more rational state. We've been told that after every technical foul, get together with our partner, and discuss the situation. This allows the calling official to calm down a little, and ensures that at least one rational official will be in on the discussion. Hopefully, by doing this, mistakes, like shooting at the wrong basket, can be avoided.
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