Assistant coach went after my partner today

[Adam]

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.

I disagree. The technical foul was earned for activity that occurred before he left. Leaving for a moment to ensure the safety of your partner doesn't change that fact.

Either way, a full report to the state will give them the chance to rescind the technical foul on a technicality if they so choose.

[frezer11]

Why did you go back on the floor in the first place? Game was over, you left the court, get to the LR and be done with it (at least for now) Did you go back just to issue the T and eject? Were the scorekeepers even still there?

[bballref3966]

Originally Posted by Adam

I disagree. The technical foul was earned for activity that occurred before he left. Leaving for a moment to ensure the safety of your partner doesn't change that fact.

Either way, a full report to the state will give them the chance to rescind the technical foul on a technicality if they so choose.

IMO, once they left the gym, the right to report a technical foul to the scorer was terminated.

Yes, an email to the state would be all that was necessary and it's likely, at least in my state, that the coach would have been punished as if he had been ejected, anyway.