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Originally posted by blindzebra
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PS And our esteemed author missed my favorite: The coach argues and is wrong about the rule. Not what happened on the play, not the judgment, just the plain and simple rule. = Whack!
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I can't see that as an automatic, as described. The coach could very calmly question the rule application and you'd whack them?
If they are yelling, " That's not the rule, you got that wrong," across the court at us, then I'd be whackin' the coach right with ya, but that is not what you said.
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By definition, a technical foul is an unsporting foul, and every official has their own definition of exactly what "unsporting" is supposed to mean. In my experience, very few officials set the bar that high that simply questioning a call is deemed "unsporting". Very, very few. Too each their own, I guess though. To be quite honest, if one of my guys was this thin-skinned, I might suggest that another line of work might maybe be more appropriate for them- like possibly in a complaint department or sumthin':
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To me it is the HOW they are questioning part that matters.
Like I said if it's calm and conversational, I've got no problem. If it is loud, demonstrative, and includes the words," You don't know the rule," then a whacking I will go.
Sat Jul 03, 2004, 02:31pm
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