Fishing in Partner's T-Pond?

[Dad]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I may or may not T for that. I may just say "You are entitled to your opinion" and then turn my back to him....for the rest of the game.

I've called a T for it once. Coach was complaining how bad one of my partners was. After I told him no more he goes, "You're terrible too!!" I really didn't have a choice at that point.

[tnolan]

"T-ponds", i like that. interesting subject for sure!

this is tough, as everyone has a different threshold on what they T and what they don't.

in the OP's case, i believe you did it correctly. trust in your partners goes this far as well. trust that when he saw the action that he did the right thing by talking to the kid about his action and that next time any such action will be a T.

slapping the wall or slamming the ball on the floor could quickly fall into this category. knee-jerk frustration reactions that aren't meant to be unsporting towards officials, but everyone from the opposing team wants to be a T.

sometimes you can give them the inch, and still not let them take the mile....

[Adam]

Originally Posted by tnolan

sometimes you can give them the inch, and still not let them take the mile....

Yep, if it's borderline, I like to remind them (quietly) that if they're making us make a decision on something like that, they won't always like the choice we (the officials) make.

Sometimes, the more heady players just need to see we were watching and they understand they got lucky.