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I've called 2 technical fouls in the past 12 years on DQ-replacing situations. Both make me chuckle a bit...now.
The first coach argued that he had a minute to do this. Now, at that point I had been officiating over 15 years and for me it was NEVER a minute. At the time it was 30 seconds and it had always been 30 seconds for me. He kept arguing that and when the horn went at 30 seconds, I whacked him. He KEPT ARGUING that he had a minute, that we were horrible, etc.
The second coach spent the entire time arguing the foul and I knew I was going to whack him one way or another. I decided to wait till the second horn went. When it did, I whacked him and walked away. My partner dealt with the aftermath.
I work with a lot of officials who instruct the timer to NOT give the second horn in that situation until it's requested. I'm OK with that. Last thing I want is the opposing coach arguing for a technical because the sub isn't quite at the X when the second horn goes.
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