Penalize Insanity 1

[All_Heart]

Originally Posted by tomegun

I understand, but I don't understand why it seems like a coach must be given a stop sign first. IMO, either the coach is going to go overboard or he isn't. Most of the time a stop sign isn't going to make any difference. IMO, it has more to do with the officials' feel for what is going on and what is too much. I think there should probably be at least twice as many T's in a high school game until we get back to playing the game the way it should be played.

There doesn't HAVE to be a stop sign! I have definitely t'd up a coach without a stop sign. IMO, the purpose of a stop sign is to have a visual warning on film and to communicate to your partners that the coach has been warned. A coach could be quietly saying "travel", "3 seconds", "foul" on every play. Do immediately give him a technical? No, you give him a warning so that everyone in the gym (including your partners) is not suprised when you give him a technical.