Technical Foul Mechanics

[rainmaker]

You need to blow the whistle and signal the foul at some point. By the time you've taken the TO and shot the shots (did you do that before the TO?) it's really too late. In your scenario, I think I'd have whistled when the table says, "He doesn't have any left." Step back from the table, blow the whistle and signal the T. From there, the "no big deal" mechanic is just great, really preferable to making it into a production number.