Giving coaches technical fouls

[JRutledge]

but that is not the real world. We talk more about the Ts that take place in games then we do a single handchecking foul call in the first few minutes of the game. So in my opinion they are very different. They also bring more questions from assignors and evaluators than any other call. So I really do not understand why people feel they are just another call?

Having said that, if you have to take care of business, do that. I feel if I can solve the very same problem with words or a conversation, I win. I would rather not give a T and say something in a quiet way, then T someone and the whole world speculates on what just took place. Usually the better Ts is when everyone can hear and see the behavior of a coach or player. But when that does not happen, you do what you have to do. I just do not buy the fact that you call it just like any other foul. I also do not buy that a coach does this to motivate his players either. That is just a cop out to justify their behavior.

Peace