Coach talking trash!!

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

No punches were being thrown. So the comparisons to such completely outrageous behavior are false. This is not a legal issue or a workplace issue. This is a basketball game, and the offense in question is directly covered by the rules. The prescribed penalty for taunting an opponent is a T, not a flagrant T.

Now if you believe the coach was making an actual threat to this kis, that's an entirely different matter than taunting. That's assault and not only should the coach leave, but the police should probably get involved.

Without being there and seeing it, there is no way to know if it would be flagrant or not. IMO, there certainly could be taunting that rises to a level to be deemed flagrant (a technical noncontact foul which displays unacceptable conduct).

Also, most of us realize that this is not the same as punches thrown in the hallway. I was simply pointing out that teachers' actions toward students are held to a different standard than students' actions toward other students. I believe the same applies in a basketball game.

All that said, from what was explained in the OP I doubt I would have issued a flagrant T. The question I've argued was whether a coach's actions toward an opposing player should be held to a different standard than a player's. I believe there is a different standard.