Call The T

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by canuckref

Jr: I have come to respect your opinion on many topics here in my reading, but I have to say i could not disagree more with you and others who do not support calling a technical foul for slamming the ball. In this case he (CDR) was clearly angry and out of control and committed an unsporting act, then looked directly at the official like he was waiting for the "t" signal. I think calling a technical in this situation would have been a huge help to the game. it would preserve the integrity of the officials involved and the rules. Instead they gave a star player a break in special circumstances (nc game). I lost much respect for the crew of that game and their judgment. I think I'll have to give your replies here a second look if I follow your rationale posted here for not calling a technical foul. Sure it would have been a madhouse if he called the t, but instead the opposing team was cheated out of a legitimate free throw opportunity.

This is not whether you like what I have to say. You do not need to qualify your statement to disagree. But if that is the case, why did officials that have more experience than you and I combined (which would only take one of those officials BTW) not call a foul? Now you might be a good official, but if the reaction at the time was "that should not be a T" by many that were in the chat room, why did the officials that have more experience than most of us here think differently? Everything I am telling you now is the same thing we said when it was happening live.

Originally Posted by canuckref

By not calling the t we create these "spoiled" players and special rules for special times which ultimately erode the integrity, spirit and purpose of the game. It's a technical every time I see it at the varsity level. the only exception would be a player making a hard dribble and catching it, not what we saw in the cdr example.

First of all you do not see a lot of Ts in college because those players at that level know better. Coaches have total control over those players. You hardly ever see a reaction to any foul that you see in even a HS game. And if this was so bad, then there better be Ts in every HS game I have seen. I do not see Ts in every HS game when I see an even bigger reaction.

BTW, you are not just disagreeing with me. There are a lot of officials here that you are disagreeing with you on this.

Peace