Would you have T ed ?

[chartrusepengui]

Even if you had T'd the coach, and I would have, you would not be taking the game away from the kids. He had already done that with his comments that drew a T. Giving the T might educate the coach and kids about respect for officials.

The score should never dictate whether or not an official makes a call. If there is a foul or violation that has been called consistently throughout the game - it should be called every time it occurs.

I HATE it when I hear someone say something like; "it's a tight one - don't call anything unless there's blood. Let the kids decide it" As far as I'm concerned - the kids do decide it but the deciding factor could have been a player doing something illegal that required an official to make a call.

[Old School]

Originally Posted by chartrusepengui

Even if you had T'd the coach, and I would have, you would not be taking the game away from the kids. He had already done that with his comments that drew a T. Giving the T might educate the coach and kids about respect for officials. All about me, you guys are sickening.

The score should never dictate whether or not an official makes a call. Nobody ever said this. I am a firm believer that you should not call the game according to the score, however, in actual practice it does happen. In the case here, where you got a one point game, I think it was a good decision to let the comment slide.

If there is a foul or violation that has been called consistently throughout the game - it should be called every time it occurs. The problem is, this was not a violation but a TF. Since no T's had been called to this point. How does that effect your analogy now? If the coach has been a saint up to this point in the game. I would ignore the comment and chalk it up to emotion. Remember the old saying, sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me, unless you are a basketball official

I HATE it when I hear someone say something like; "it's a tight one - don't call anything unless there's blood. Let the kids decide it" As far as I'm concerned - the kids do decide it but the deciding factor could have been a player doing something illegal that required an official to make a call.

Welcome to officiating. You hate to have a game come down to an officials call, but sometimes it happens.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Old School

Welcome to officiating. You hate to have a game come down to an officials call, but sometimes it happens.

Wizards down by two with .1 seconds to go in the game. Arenas gets the foul call and Nellie (coach) gets the T.....Arenas hits all three FT's and Wizards win by 1! Game over.....

[dave30]

I would have given the T because it's 9 and 10 year olds. I can also see that the way you handled it worked out OK. It depends on the official. Joe Crawford gives more T's than just about anybody. Players and coaches learn it and play accordingly. Some referees let more go before whacking somebody. Neither way is wrong in my opinion.