What would you do?

[BBall_Junkie]

Chuck,

While I agree with your position that this "act" in and of itself does not warrant a T (the fact of the matter is, if he is in this state of mind he is going to do something else that in my "judgement" will warrant a T very shortly), I have to respectfully disagree with your position that this is not an "act". As such, I can see why Dan and others might, in their judgement, see this act as T-worthy.

The word "stare" is a verb and as such, implies an action or act. When I was growing up I was told by my parents not to stare. By your definition, they were telling me to stop doing nothing. If a coach is staring at you, he is not doing nothing. Some could see it as showing you up, trying to intimidate, influence etc. If the coach didn't think it would serve a purpose, he wouldn't be "doing" it.

Again, I agree that I probably wouldn't T and I think your point is valid as to how one would explain this to an assignor b/c everything I have heard from those in my area is that in most cases they want more than just the referee knowing why the T was given.... in other words, it should be obvious to most others in the arena.

Just my two cents. Good Debate.