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Old Thu Feb 23, 2012, 12:46pm
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Another perspective?

Sportsmanship in general and the conduct of coaches and bench personnel in particular has been a major point of emphasis over the last several years. My feeling on this is that state associations do not want to be embarrassed (especially during their tournament games) by coaches who make unsportsmanlike spectacles of themselves. In addition, I'm going to go out on the limb perhaps, by saying it's very possible state associations would prefer that this particular coach in the OP or any coach not be allowed by tournament officials to set a precedent for other coaches and for the game of high school basketball that it is okay, when ejected, to defiantly stand your ground and wait heroically for both the game management and the police (after a 4-5 minute standoff) to finally be escorted from the gym.
Just my opinion-I could be wrong.
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