Techincal fouls

[mick]

Originally posted by sportsannouncing


BTW-This is good to do if a coach is upset and drops the ball instead of handing it to you. Just look at him, smile and say, "That was pretty funny". Turn and go back to the game. The spotlight is now back on the coach who can't turn around because he's embarassed. He wanted the 'T', he didn't get it, now he's embarassed for trying to make the referee look bad. He wont try that stuff again and even tells stories about the time he himself looked bad to a referee.

sportsannouncing,
My guess is that you have six of one and 1/2-dozen of another on that one.
For each person that sees the coach as being assinine, you have another wondering why the official didn't take care of bidness.

Over the years, with the help of officials on this forum, I have come to the conclusion the the technical foul is not the Grand mal of all fouls, but that it is just another foul issued, in many instances, by a calm professional in the course of maintaing control of a game.

The technical foul is over-rated by many fans, players and coaches. Shucks they get to have two of 'em before they become ineligible! They are not a big deal to avoid, but they are a tool to be used for decorum against travesty.

And technical fouls are earned by the participants. We try to talk to those participants, to ease their pain. How many times does an official try to avoid calling the technical compared to trying to avoid calling holding, pushing, or hands? They earn technical fouls; they ask for them. We reward their actions.

Anyway, once I became comfortable with that mindset, they are for me just another tool to use.

mick



[Edited by mick on Oct 13th, 2003 at 01:51 PM]