How much is too much from a coach?

[Hawks Coach]

Originally posted by Brian Watson
I hate giving T's. I think they disrupt the game and draw attention to us. I try to avoid them until absolutly needed. I think this is why I hate admin T's even more, and I have had to dish out 3 of those this year.

I hate when admin Ts occur, but from your perspective as a ref, these should be the easiest even though they disrupt the game. There is no question of was it bad enough to warrant a T, as there is when you whack a coach for excessive demonstration. Admin Ts draw attention to the bozo that screwed up, not the ref. And I hope you are not passing on any automatic Ts, such as plane violations, admin Ts, etc.

We had a pair this weekend that passed on two automatic Ts for violating the plane (yes, I mean violations #2 and #3). The first violation occurred in the first half. The second and third occurred within 2 minutes of each other in 4th quarter. After the second, I asked trail "Isn't that a T, second violation?" He ignored me. I turned toward lead, and asked him if this wasn't the second violation because he administered first half warning. Lead threatened me with a T because I had been one step out of the box when I asked my question of trail (at the time I asked lead, I was back in the box - believe me, I looked right down when he made the comment).

I should emphasize that I had made no comments about any calls all day and did this as non-confrontationally as possible in the form of a question. Other team as usual is riding refs. Lead had an attitude all game (and has in previous games as well), so I didn't even ask for the T when he warned our opponents for yet a third violation two minutes after the second. On this one, they actually reached over on our baseline inbounds, tipped the pass and prevented an easy layup by our wide-open center (in a two-point game) - there are reasons for these rules. I wish that they would be enforced evenly. The night before, we got banged because my manager put the wrong number in the book for one of our starters - he has a printed roster, so don't ask cause I don't know! I didn't complain, it's an automatic. We also had a player that consistently broke the plane rule, to the point of getting T'd out of one game. She learned, and hasn't had a violation since, and I never complained about the calls - just talked to her about self control. Let 'em shoot, and let's play ball. But please call them all.