Who gets the Technical?

Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Feb 12, 2004, 08:58am

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Originally posted by Nevadaref

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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Since the head coach has the responsibility to keep his bench under control, a direct technical foul charged to the head coach is the correct penalty for the original play posted at the beginning of this thread.

MTD,
Your reasoning is great and is exactly why the NFHS Soccer rules committee chose to make this change. I happen to personally agree with the premise, but until basketball codifies it in their book, I think you are overstepping. We have to follow the rules as written.

Thank you for praising my reasoning, but an official is not overstepping his authority when giving a direct technical foul to the head coach in the situation we have been discussing. An unsportsmanlike act was committed by a member of the bench and the act must be penalized. Who better to charge it to than the person most responsible for bench conduct. If the official heard the remarks, then the head coach also heard them.

MTD, Sr.