Technical AFTER the Game

[Adam]

Originally posted by MajorCord
As promised, I told you guys and gals that I would give you any further information on this post once I found out. To refresh, visiting team has won the game by 2, time expired, game over. Visiting team's assistant coach "cusses out" one of the officials, even though they had won by two. Official gives "T". The rest of the story you know, home team hits both free throws, game goes into overtime, visiting team refuses to come out for overtime. Home team wins by forfeit. Visiting team files protest, because the calling official would never say exactly what the technical was for. Conference overturns the outcome of the game and gives the win to the visiting team, based on info from the other official and the booking agent. It seems the other official felt the technical was unwarranted and that the first official overreacted. Conference agreed.

Now for those who questioned why the officials were hanging around after the game anyway, I have a question. This was a varsity girls game. Do you varsity officials high-tail it to the locker room after the girls game and then come back out for the varsity boys? I think around here, the varsity officials stay out on the court, since the boys usually come out right away for their warmup. I am just curious how you other guys and gals handle it.

Assistant coach curses out the officials, and other official thinks the T is unwarranted? BS. This is, I think, an easier call than originally posted. Partner sold him out after the fact, and that wouldn't make me any happier than the conference over ruling my T.