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Originally Posted by Scooby
I had a coach disqualification that went poorly. Girls JV game that was fairly physical game. In the 4th quarter the visitor turn the ball over and then I have foul on the drive going the other way. When I was report the foul the visiting coach comes on the floor complaining that it was a foul on the turn over. She get her 1st T. She get louder and comes further on the court and complains louder. I finish reporting the foul and the 2 technical fouls and she head towards the exit.
We get the shooter on the line and I see that the assistant coach is standing and I tell her that there is no longer a coaching box, she retorts that the technicals were not on her. Now I see that the Head coach either returned to the gym or never left and is standing in the corner doorway. I get the AD and ask him have her leave. She yells the she is leaving and proceeds to cross the entire gym diagonally through the middle of the court and she received a standing ovation from the visitor's crowd and her players.
How could I have handled this situation better?
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The only way I can see this being handled better would be if your partner had gotten involved. I might have asked my partner to address the assistant coach in this instance for the sake of avoiding further incidents.
I had a very high ranking official in my association tell me in a pre-game that he will almost never "double-whack" a coach, and if he has too, he considers it a failure of his partner(s). The point being that your partner should step in and call the 2nd T on the coach if the behavior is such that it can't be ignored. And after calling the first T, do everything that you can to avoid escalating the situation. A coach coming on the the court after a T and continuing to yell louder and louder should be easy for your partner to come and get. Along those lines, after giving the T, I would briefly ignore the coach while that foul is reported. If your partner(s) haven't stepped in by the time that foul is reported, then I guess its on you to issue the second T.