The effect of a technical foul on a coach

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by rich

i am an assigner (23 boys and 22 girls varsity programs) and a regular clinician as well as an official.

(1) i wish officials (in general) called more technical fouls, not fewer. This year i'd like to see a warning in the book for each technical that fits the "persistent" category of the three ps, though.

(2) when an official complains about a coach's behavior in one of my sportsmanship surveys or through an email, i ask when the t was assessed. If you don't whack him, then you have nothing to bitch about.

(3) when i get a report from an official, i thank him/her for the report. When i get a complaint from a coach that he/she got whacked, i ask for video. I want to see why a coach "didn't deserve it."

in 4 years of assigning hs varsity officials -- over 1000 games -- there is only 1 technical so far that i thought was unwarranted, and it was a second direct technical on a coach where i wasn't surprised it was who it was.

thank you!

[BillyMac]

On the long drive home, on an icy road, on a cold wintry night, I've never regretted charging a technical foul to a coach. Never.

I have regretted passing on such a call. Not a lot, but a few. It was always the same thing, saying to myself, "But I thought that he would eventually calm down".