NCAAW Baylor/Oregon State: Kim Mulkey behavior

[Pantherdreams]

I just don't get what is and isn't deserving of a technical when I watch NCAA games any more.

The coach in this case gets teched up for throwing an article of her own clothing behind her bench. I know what she did and why she is doing it so I'm ok with officials T'ing her up.

But post T she gets to foot stomp and blister the reporting official, then for the rest of the game continue to gripe. Then late wave people off curse and complain. . .

[Adam]

The jacket is automatic, I believe.

[eyezen]

Just fightin' for her gals.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by eyezen

Just fightin' for her gals.

Ha. Ha. Ha.

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by Pantherdreams

I just don't get what is and isn't deserving of a technical when I watch NCAA games any more.

The coach in this case gets teched up for throwing an article of her own clothing behind her bench. I know what she did and why she is doing it so I'm ok with officials T'ing her up.

But post T she gets to foot stomp and blister the reporting official, then for the rest of the game continue to gripe. Then late wave people off curse and complain. . .

I couldn't agree with this first statement more! You would think that once they get hit with the first T, they'd realize there's a shorter rope, and they'd cool down a little bit.

But no, instead, they seem to think that now they've been whacked, it's gonna take EVEN MORE to get tossed, so they give 'em even more hell, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE REPORT TO THE TABLE!

If this occurred in my high school game, I would have stopped mid-report to give her the heave-ho, and she would NOT have been allowed to stop and pick up her jacket on the way out.

[Referee24.7]

Again, we all can say what we would've done, should've done, etc etc - but at that level, when everything you're doing is on videotape - you just have to be absolutely sure you're going to be validated for the actions you take. . .

The jacket toss - absolutely - it called itself and was overt where the entire world saw it and can't be debated.

Now, I don't know how everyone handles technical fouls and administration, but the first thing to do is just pop and walk away, which is what the official did. He reported the technical foul and went back opposite of where Mulkey was at - which is what EVERY REF should do. . .

The last thing you want to show on tape is where you're waiting for a coach to react to your technical foul (which every coach is going to react negatively to), and then ship them. . .

Now, if it was something where after the technical, she came out on the floor and was screaming and clapping her hands like a seal - again, those OVERT actions call themselves and the crew would've been validated in sending her out. . .

As for the end of game, it has to be something where she's screaming those profanities out loud, being out of her box, which she wasn't, and the hand gestures has to be incredibly overt. Again, for us, one negative outweighs a thousand positives we do out there and for them to send her for those things at 17 seconds left - the tape wouldn't have justified it. . .

To the one that states she was "sticking up for her gals" - I don't know if you meant that in a sarcastic manner, but Mulkey has always been, and always will be, about herself and that she's completely justified by what she calls emotions and how she cares about the game. . .

[SC Official]

Originally Posted by Pantherdreams

I just don't get what is and isn't deserving of a technical when I watch NCAA games any more.

The coach in this case gets teched up for throwing an article of her own clothing behind her bench. I know what she did and why she is doing it so I'm ok with officials T'ing her up.

But post T she gets to foot stomp and blister the reporting official, then for the rest of the game continue to gripe. Then late wave people off curse and complain. . .

Throwing a jacket has always been automatic. Any crew that lets that go would have to explain that one to the supervisor. If Mulkey was going to get tossed I would've been much more likely to whack her for what she did at the end of the game than what she did following the first T.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Pantherdreams

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But post T she gets to foot stomp and blister the reporting official. . .

That's an opportunity for me to get in a few words myself.

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