what would you do

[KenThree]

Seems like it must be the effects of global warming. Hot summer nights have given me cause to pull the trigger on too many Ts (three) this past week. I think summer ball -- with its less structure and "amateur" coaches -- leads to officials getting more annoyed with the innocuous comments. We're working too many games consecutively in crowded gyms with over-lapping whistles from other courts. Concentration is affected and we don't think before we strike.

I probably would have tried to pass on the T for that comment, but can tell you that I handed one out in the last week for something very similar.

Context and tone never make it into any of our descriptions of caseplays here. My guess is you wish you had it back, but felt it was very warranted at the time. My opinion: trust your gut feeling at the time and move on.