Dealing with poor T by partner in OT

[Nevadaref]

Originally posted by SMEngmann


Additionally, I'd like to know what happened with the excessive timeout. I wasn't there, but maybe good preventative officiating by you, the vet, could have prevented an excessive TO technical in OT by team B. In my book, an excessive TO technical foul during a dead ball in OT is just as hard to justify from a game management perspective as the T for 6 guys on the court or bench personnel standing. If I'm coaching team A, and team B has just received an excessive TO technical, I'd make doubly sure my bench was in order.

Sounds to me like this was poorly managed in all regards, though you can't say the officiating "cost" anyone the game.

This post is right on target. Instead of complaining about the decision that your partner made, why don't you look at the excessive TO decision. Wouldn't it be better to just tell the coach that he doesn't have any time-outs left and inquire if he really wants one anyway? Did you call the T for this TO or did your partner do that one too.
Perhaps he thought that the excessive TO tech was a horrible call and just looked for something to balance it out? Not a wonderful way to handle things, but certainly plausible.