Techincal fouls

[mick]

Originally posted by oc
Could you ... post some examples of borderline cases for when you would/would not give a technical foul.

oc,
I made a travel call in the post, from 2-man Trail.
During the ensuing dead ball, the coach stepped 5' onto the court and called me over to him.
I jogged to him, hands folded behind my back and my ear leaning toward him. He said, "Mick, that was a bull **** call!"
I took a step back and whacked him.
No one heard what he said except me. (In fact, he even mentioned that he didn't think he deserved a "T", because it was just between us.)
I am not easily disturbed by language, but that night, on that floor, his choice of words struck me as being offensive.
Three weeks later, at coach's and my next game together and during pregame, he said he would "behave tonight". We chuckled.
mick