Thanks for my T?!
 

I got a laugh out of this one.....7th grade game Sunday...

First half, V coach is barking about calls...on one no call, he lifted his shirt up over his head as if to hide his face n(Had a t under it, so no bare belly)....During next dead ball we are talking and he tells me we need to "clean it up out there"...I told him "WE will clean it up and it WE will start the cleaining on our sideline....I don't want to see you lifting your shirt over your head anymore"...His response was "I was airing myself out.." :p ....I told him not to "air himself out over my calls anymore...":p

Second half starts...2nd Home team possession V coach is screaming for a travel call....we transition back down to his end of the court and I hear "Jesus, are you kidding me!"...he then stomps on the floor 3-4 times in a walking/marching motion....WHACK!:mad: His team was down about 12 at this point....

I go over and tell him to have a seat the rest of the game...He sits and I don't hear anymore from him....His team goes on a run and ends up winning by like 5....

After the game he comes over to me and says "I want to thank you for that technical foul...it actually made me focus more on my kids". I told him that was my intent during our conversation in the first half...He then said we did a good job out there and thanks again....

A varsity coach was coaching a 7th grade (girls?) game?

No, but a Visiting coach was. :)

WHACK! This has to be a T. There was a POE a couple years ago about players doing this and it was to be an immediate technical foul, no warning. If it's a T for a kid, the coach is for sure going to get one.

Oh, the light just went on!

Definitely. On the other hand, when he finally did give the T, it was a good T. Got the coach's attention and turned the game around. Just do it earlier next time, Colt!

I've been thanked for a technical once in my career.

Junior high rec-type game, where one team had a primadonna player a bit better than the rest. She kept complaining about my calls (I was the only ref, so I know I wasn't perfect) and I went up to warn her about it, saying to knock off the comments.

She responds by looking at me and saying something to the effect of "I'll say whatever I want," so I T her up, we move on with the game.

After the game, the team's coach comes up to me, asking what the T was all about. I get a bit worried, but explain it quickly and calmly. The coach ended up thanking me - turns out that he was the player's father, and she was starting to go through the attitude phase of adolescence.

Reminds me of the 6th grade YMCA game I did where I T'd a player, after warning him to cool it. He ended up shouting, "these guys are crap."

After the game, his dad brought him up and made him apologize.