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and that is the way that I'll handle it in the future...unless someone on here can cite a better reason for not doing it that way.

I got caught up in "what is the absolute technicality of the rule" rather than "what is good common sense, here". I also allowed myself to be influenced a bit by the home (homer!) score book.

As I stated, it was a "heated" game...and that is precisely when we officials need to keep our cool the most!! At that moment, I admit failure for about 5 minutes. I guess the moral of the story is to use common sense if you aren't 100% sure of the rule...AND STAY CALM, COOL, AND COLLECTED...no matter what!

BTW, my partner ended up T'ing that coach about 1 minute later. It happened after another player on team B fouled out. My partner went over to the coach to tell him it was that player's 5th foul. He flashed the 5 signal with his hand while saying, "Coach, that is #23's 5th foul." The coach walked toward my partner and ended up responding with, "Get your hand out of my face! I know how many fouls my player has." That, subsequently, drew a T from my partner. And before my partner could get away, the coach took another step toward him and responded with, "You're a little punk! You don't know how to officiate!" To which my partner gave him the heave-ho. I came up to get my partner out of there and told him to go down to the FT administrator's position as I watched the coach SLOWLY saunter out of the gym.

After that ejection, a certain calmness came about the gym.

Geesh, what a night!