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Originally Posted by TimTaylor
Just to be clear, it wasn't the ejected players' coach that was T'd as your post implied, it was the visiting coach...the one whose player was shoved.
We are discussing two separate issues here - one is a matter of rule, the other a matter of judgement.
The question the OP originally posed was if the penalties for the T's were administered correctly by rule, and I agree with numerous others that they were not.
The second issue that has evolved in the discussion here is with the T on the visiting coach (note that the OP did not question the T on the VC, just how the penalties were administered). This is a matter of severity of conduct as judged by the game officials - it's one of those HTBT situations.....
If the game officials judged the coach's comments as worthy of a T, I have no problem with that. As to whether it was worthy of a flagrant T and ejection, that's another judgement they have to make based on the situation.
Regardless of what might have prompted a coach's unsportsmanlike action, his conduct stands on it's own and you penalize accordingly.
It's easy to be an "arm chair" official with 20/20 hindsight, but in reality only the game officials present have the immediate knowledge to make those judgements.
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My post implied the V coach was the one we're talking about. Not sure what you're talking about.
As for the original post, I agree with how the officials dealt with everything up to the administering of the calls.
I'm not debating the initial call, but wondering what people are letting fly here from the VC. Since specifics weren't discussed from the OP, I figured it would've be an interesting topic.