The effect of a technical foul on a coach

[Terrapins Fan]

I had a very high intense varsity boys game last night. Both teams pretty well evenly matched. Early on the visitors took an 8 point lead and the home coach was very frustrated.

Every time up-and-down the floor I was tableside and he complained about everything. After the 3rd time down the floor he said "blow you whistle and call the foul", so I did.

This was midway through the 2nd quarter, he was down 8 at the half. All he did early on was complain about the officiating time after time after time. Once he had his technical foul and was forced to sit, he began to coach. Down by as many as 13 in the 3rd quarter his team started to come back and ended up winning by 14.

I had this happen a number of times through the years that when coaches focus on coaching they do a much better job then when they focus on officiating the game.