I gave 4 Technical Fouls in just one game

[Hartsy]

I confess to doing the same thing, though I didn't get the same reaction you did. I'm sure someone noticed though.

I'm currently battling the habit of raising my hand in anticipation of an infraction, like the opposite of an inadvertant whistle. That surely raises eyebrows every now and then, but have not yet been called out on it. I'm sure some coach wants to tell me to "go ahead and get some air in that whistle. You wanted to, why didn't you?"

[SWMOzebra]

I've done the fist starting to go up and then no whistle routine a time or two, thankfully only in rec league games...which is exactly why I started with the rec league routine first, to help me get my mechanics down and court confidence up!

[bigdogrunnin]

Since the topic has been opened, had a game once where we gave SEVEN technical fouls. My partner gave SIX, I gave one.

First one was for dunking before the game.

Next one (#2), player from visiting team complains about a call (openly and loudly) to my partner.

Third one, visiting coach is all over my partner.

Fourth one, same player as second T; he yells at me, "call the foul B&*ch!" As he tried to split two set defenders. Yep, he got tossed.

Fifth one, visiting team coach is all over my partner again. He gets the heave-ho.

Sixth one, the assistant from the visiting team gets it after getting on my partner again.

Seventh one, the assistant from the visiting team gets the big "see ya!" Then proceeds to go after my partner. My partner then "escorts" this coach to the door. (I know, NOT recommended, but he "knew" what he was doing - yeah right.)

Visiting team has to finish the ENTIRE 4th quarter with a student-teacher intern as their "acting coach." The Head Coach, Assistant Coach, the Player, and about 20 parents are ALL waiting outside for us after the game. Let's just say I didn't stop to visit. My partner did though. I learned a lot about how NOT to handle games that night.

Private, "Christian" schools! Gotta love 'em! Oh yeah, and those "mistakes" that we ALL make . . . they happen. It is about how well you adjust and move on that will make the difference in the rest of your night. Have fun, and welcome to the board.

[Stat-Man]

We had a scrimmage the other night involving our public middle school boys team and the nearby boys CYO team. Each league has different rules for defense: Public School conference requires man-to-man whereas CYO allows man-to-man or zone.

The coaches got together beforehand and the CYO coach said he'd play man to man with a zone press after made baskets. No problem there.

At start of one of the quarters, I give to ball to Green (our team) for a throw in and as Green is setting up for their offense, I notice White in a 2-3 zone. So, I wait three seconds, and whistle their center for an illegal defense since he was in the lane for 3 seconds without guarding anyone.

Every adult sitting in the stands (not that many, luckily) was in shock. And I then found out from my friend (the public MS coach) that he wanted the white (home) team to play zone this quarter.

After mentally hiding under a rock for a moment, I gave the ball back to green on the side and continued play from there.

And unrelated to the above, but on the topic of T's, I once saw a coach get 5 technical fouls in one dead ball when I was in grade school. One for a sub that ran onto the floor straight from the bench and then 4 more for arguing about it with the referees. (Of course, back then Ts were only one shot in NFHS).

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by bigdogrunnin

Since the topic has been opened, had a game once where we gave SEVEN technical fouls.

Sounds like a typical quarter to me.

[MJT]

Originally Posted by bigdogrunnin

Since the topic has been opened, had a game once where we gave SEVEN technical fouls. My partner gave SIX, I gave one.

First one was for dunking before the game.

Next one (#2), player from visiting team complains about a call (openly and loudly) to my partner.

Third one, visiting coach is all over my partner.

Fourth one, same player as second T; he yells at me, "call the foul B&*ch!" As he tried to split two set defenders. Yep, he got tossed.

Fifth one, visiting team coach is all over my partner again. He gets the heave-ho.

Sixth one, the assistant from the visiting team gets it after getting on my partner again.

Seventh one, the assistant from the visiting team gets the big "see ya!" Then proceeds to go after my partner. My partner then "escorts" this coach to the door. (I know, NOT recommended, but he "knew" what he was doing - yeah right.)

Visiting team has to finish the ENTIRE 4th quarter with a student-teacher intern as their "acting coach." The Head Coach, Assistant Coach, the Player, and about 20 parents are ALL waiting outside for us after the game. Let's just say I didn't stop to visit. My partner did though. I learned a lot about how NOT to handle games that night.

Private, "Christian" schools! Gotta love 'em! Oh yeah, and those "mistakes" that we ALL make . . . they happen. It is about how well you adjust and move on that will make the difference in the rest of your night. Have fun, and welcome to the board.

Cannot beleive the administration does not take care of these kinds of situations so they never happen again. Way out of hand!