Why mechanics would have mattered.....

[BillyMac]

I know the correct IAABO mechanics after calling the fifth foul on a player, however, our local IAABO makes it an option. If I'm the calling official, and I report the foul to the table, and then run over to my partner (most of our games are two-man) and ask him or her to go over and tell the coach about the fifth foul, what impression does that give the coach? That I'm afraid of him? In most situations we allow the calling official to inform the coach. The only exception is when we believe that we can prevent a technical foul by having the noncalling official do the "dirty work".