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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Anyone who throws objects is getting whacked at any level that I work. That is unsporting behavior. Period.
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I agree with the T as given and anyone engaging in the specific acts in the video at any level should be given a T. While in all these situations context and the specific actions are key (not to mention semantics and language choices we use to describe them here).
I guess my concern is that for most of the members of the board when discussing these issues there seems to be a very low threshold for coaches being demonstrative or emotional. If directed at officiating crew or in response to calls I totally agree.
However, A coach can get frustrated or emotional for lots of reasons. As we mentioned in a previous post when discussing how they interact with their own players. I know around this part of Rome unless they are specifically reacting to a call or to an official we don't deal with much of their antics otherwise. If a coach is losing or his kids are turning the ball over and he takes of his tie and chucks it behind the bench I'm not worried about that. If she has just drawn up and inbound play and they get a 5 second call or turn it over coming out of a timeout and she flips her clipboard in disgust we don't go after that either.
I guess the genesis of my question is not whether or not coaches should be allowed to express disgust at officials by throwing things but rather how often to we judge intent or motivation to make these calls. If know/feel like its about me the crew fine. I'm not going to guess that is what they are mad at though. And if I see a marker or board get tossed, unless its directly tied to comment to me or to a call the crew has just made unless it causes a scene I'm probably leaving it alone because that's what my crew is doing.
So in an extreme case where her team comes down out of control and travels and coach chucks her marker towards the bench/wall. And a manager or assist grabs it in mid air or has it ricochet of a chest and they collect it in their lap. With no noise or commotion odds are I don't see it, and unless its tied to a comment or complaint about the call they could just as easily be upset with their player for being out of control. This is what I am wondering about . . .are you guys/gals just T'ing them up for the flip/throw?