Assistant coach went after my partner today

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by bballref3966

You can't go back into the gym and whack once you've left. The best course would have been to just email your state/assigner. Let them know not only what the assistant did, but that security/game management was nowhere to be found. In my area, the assistant would likely be suspended as though he'd been ejected, and the host school would be getting a call/reprimand/fine from the state office the next morning.

+1. Ejections, though they can be used as evidence to support subsequent suspensions by school/state authorities, are really not about that vis-à-vis their administration by game officials. To an official, technicals and ejections are necessary actions to take for the betterment of that particular game. In this case, game was over, any penalty would not have affected the outcome of the game, and besides, as has been discussed, jurisdiction had ended.

Separate from calling the game, there would have been nothing wrong with you reporting the unacceptable actions of the assistant to your assignor and/or the state office. In fact, that is to be encouraged in this case. Let those folks worry about suspensions and post-game discipline; that is not our function as officials.