Easy with the T's????

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by FrankHtown
I had a crappy T last night. Girl's Varsity. Decent level of play. First three minutes of the game. Team A inbounding on side line right by scorer's table. Team B player, defending the throw in, jumps at least 8 inches out of bounds, towards the thrower. I stop play, issue a delay warning against Team A. Bounce the ball to A for throw-in. B player...second jump is out of bounds, in the thrower's face...right after her coach had told her to get back. I called the T. Just as a review for all, it counts as a Team Technical,..goes against team foul count, but not assessed to a player (my partners said it should count towards player...we told both coaches we would confirm at half time, and adjust if necessary).

At a break, my partners said that's one T you probably should ignore, and I said...you know...that is a crummy way to get a T, and if it was on the far side of the court, I might have been a little more patient, but being right in front of the scorer's table, with both coaches having a clear view of the delay warning, and the subsequent violation, how could I maintain any credibility if I let it slide.

Can't agree with that philosophy either. That ain't a crappy "T" at all imo. If the defender gained any kind of an advantage on the first throw-in by goin OOB, then a warning is the proper and righteous call. If the defender subsequently completely ignores your warning and does it again, then that defender deserves the "T" for just being plain (or plane) stoopid. She just basically said "Screw you, ref. I'm gonna do what I want". It doesn't matter what side of the court it happened on either. Whether a coach can see a call should never, ever be a factor in whether that call should be made or not.

Your partners are just looking for a reason not to call a "T" imo. That's wrong.