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Originally Posted by billyu2
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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I agree with Billy.
I would think the state association wouldn't be too happy knowing a game was stopped for five minutes - or more - so a coach who'd already been ejected could be led away by law enforcement...after he'd already argued with game management. I'd feel bad stopping the game but not that bad given the situation.
If the coach is acting up to the point that the crew feels the need to call in the cavalry it's already gone too far. We all want to be fair to the kids but giving a guy five minutes to leave after he's been ejected for two technical fouls isn't fair to the kids either. Playoff game or not, I'd like to think if an official stopped a game then explained to circumstances to their assignor/association that they would receive support.