[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Jim Henry

Did a 6th grade boy’s game last week. My partner calls 5th foul on #40. I hear the boy say under his breath, “that call is a bunch of crap.” I say to him, “What did you say?” (Thinking the kid would not say it again) He says the same thing. I give him a technical and tell his coach what happened. After the game the parent asks me what #40 did to get the technical. I told him what happened and mentioned the boy had the chance to take back what was said the first time but repeated the same message, Dad says, “well it was crap and the boy was just answering the question.” Suggesting the boy should not get a T for answering my question. I said it doesn’t work that way and stated you don’t say that to a ref. The dad ranted on about bad calls prior to that, and I just turned and walked away.
In my opinion it was a teachable moment for the boy . Probably not for the dad,

Why ask a player what he said? Either T him b/c you heard what he said or leave it alone.