I had a game last year where I wasn't working with my regular partner and we were doing 2-person. Coach was a putz. I told him early to knock off the behavior so he wasn't talking to me. (Which I was OK with).

Partner makes a call that the coach doesn't like and lights up partner. Partner calls T. I walk toward the bench just to see what is going on. Unlike R in this situation, I did not intervene for the reasons U2 appeared to have had in the scenario.

Two seconds later came T # 2 and Mr. Coach is on his way to the school bus. Part of me still thinks if I would have gotten involved we could have avoided the ejection. I am pretty good at keeping control of a game (35 years experience will sometimes do that for you). I think my partner maybe got a little too emotional and we already knew the coach had issues.

I just don't think there is a right and wrong way to handle. I really like the idea of pregaming T's. I will do that tomorrow for sure.

Why is the onus on the official not to get emotional? When the first T was given, that should be a signal to the coach or player, "I cannot play around anymore" and if they cross the line, the should realize it is time for them to go. Even if the official was emotional as you state, I still think the coach needs to realize their behavior has to stop and often it does not stop.

Peace

Less-seasoned contributor here--what does TKOB stand for?

Thanks in advance.

I work in retail management and sometimes wish I could give my customers a technical foul. My experience with customers helps me not to get that upset over coaches.

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Take Care Of Business

No disagreement with you on this.

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