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Originally Posted by bucky
Say what? We remind coaches, players, table, spectators, etc.. all the time of the rules. (when team's reach 7 fould don't we remind them of the bonus free throw? when a coach is out of time outs, don't we remind them of that? During a timeout, don't we remind the teams at the first horn? When bench personnel are standing during regular live play, don't we remind them to sit? etc.)
When the coach said that he was going to practice the press, the official definitely should have offered a simple reminder of the league mercy rule. Preventative officiating all day long.
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None of the things you mentioned are friendly reminders. They are rules that we play by. Once 7 team fouls, we shoot bonus. Notify of no time outs remaining, that is only time we are required to say anything. First horn is a rule required notification and rules dictate how we proceed in doing that. And players standing should be one warning and a bench T the next time, not a reminder.
And with all the info we have now about the coach being a jerk and already having had one T, I would have let him have his rope as well. Gotta get along before you go along.