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blindzebra,
I'm sure we <I>pretty much</I> agree that 3-seconds is not a moral dilemma. This remains a game.

If the coach calls a violation before I, ...heck, it's still a game. (Mostly coaches call for 3-seconds when they forget they should be coaching.) I won't let it sway me. I won't bring that predisposition to the game.

And, ...what JR said. ;)

mick

Very true.

I T'd up a coach this weekend (for a borderline comment) - and my boss had to spend five minutes explaining to the coach that all that matters in his comments is how the ref percieves the comments.

I also went tableside after my partner T'd a coach (different game) who was complaining because he didn't know what he had said (i.e., he didn't use profanity). I just tried to explain to him that he had crossed some line with whatever he had said, and you don't need to swear to get a T.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by blindzebra

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99% of the time when a coach is screaming for 3 seconds, it's been 2 seconds or less, the kid is attempting to leave the lane, there is nobody even IN the lane, or there is a kid with half their foot inside the free throw line.

Gotta disagree here. It seems that in many games a coach has an opportunity to yell for 3 every trip down the court, many times on players who, if they are allowed, will stay in the lane "all frickin' night!"

Sometimes I think all officials except me try not to call 3 seconds but prefer to talk the player out of the lane.

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........ and when we do see it we all try to NOT call it by talking the player out of the lane.

Speak for yourself. I rest my case