T or no T ???

[RonRef]

Originally Posted by Daryl H. Long

If RonRef won't T a kid for telling him to "toot his whistle" then I suspect he doesn't have the guts to call one in the first place. I say that as an observer of Div 1 college officials for 20 years.

There is a difference in a kid "whining' because he thought he was fouled and I can handle that without the T. But when anyone, player or coach, tells me to toot my whistle he buys the T: first time, every time.

It is amazing how you made that leap that I don't have any guts from a few posts. In the past 15 years I have given out my full share of technical fouls. When I first started out I was real hard guys and tried to pound my chest all the time by giving technicals out right and left, don't mess with me I am in change was my mindset. Over the years I have become more mature as an official and learned how to deal with these situations better by better communication with coaches and players. Since then my career has take an incrediable up swing. If a technical foul is warranted I will whack'em no questions asked. But in this case IMO I would have not whacked him, other on this site may have, and that is fine. Please don't make judgments about my character if you have never met me or seen me officiate. I will give you the same respect.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by RonRef

It is amazing how you made that leap that I don't have any guts from a few posts.

I caught that too. Amazing how some people think giving or not giving T's is based on the size of your jock.

One of the toughest, most respected and successful D1 officials I know is proud of the fact that he gave very, very few T's before he retired. An ultra-uber-big-dog in real life and on the court, you do not want to be on this guys sh1t list. He just preferred methods other than T's to control his games.