Ready and waiting with the T

[jeffpea]

Tomegun -- Keep in mind that using "we" is a lot less accusatory or confrontational than "you".

Here's a situation to illustrate my point......Team B coach (down 14-2 to start the game) signals TO after another 3pt shot by Team A. C grants the TO...and doesn't hear or see a full or :30 signal from Team B coach. After asking 3 times and getting no response, charges a full and instructs official scorer/timer to start clock. After :30 (during which Team B was standing on the floor in a huddle), Team B coach is done and his team is ready to play....Team A is seated on their bench. Team B coach is wondering why Team is not A, finds out he was charged w/ a full TO and starts yelling/complaining to C that he wanted a :30. C tries to explain, B coach continues to protest; finally C just walks away. As all players return to floor and we're ready to re-start the game, Coach B is 2-3 steps (not feet) out on the floor. Instead of administering throw-in, Trail runs over to coach and gets into a visibly heated discussion. Trail then "wacks" Coach B.....and there is 17:33 left in first half.

As the R, we talked about the Tech at halftime......(see my previous post: "what could WE have done differently as a crew to prevent the T?"). Here are my thoughts on what could/should have been done differently:
1) Just inbound the ball; get the game started. Either the coach moves off the flr. (everyone is fine then) OR he doesn't (when the ball reaches mid-court and he's still there - easy "whack" that everyone can see).
2) Wait an extra 5-10 seconds to see if his guys are standing (which means a :30 TO) or sitting on the bench (which means full TO) after asking for the TO; what's the harm in waiting a few extra seconds? That extra time would have avoided pissing off an already frustrated coach.

Instead of doing either option above, Trail jogged 25-30 feet over to the coach, started the confrontation, and then wacked him. Who knows, maybe the coach would have gotten a T anyway, but every single problem doesn't have to be dealt with by using a T. Not ALL contact is a foul and not ALL problems need to be addressed with a T.