Automatic T?

[Coach Bill]

Originally Posted by mbyron

2 scenarios:

(a) Kid gets called for a foul, he's obviously unhappy with the call, slams ball down, it bounces 15 feet high, he walks away. This earns a T from me.

(b) Close game, kid gets called for a foul, he knows he committed a dumb foul, he says "C'mon Smith!" (which is his name), he slams the ball down harder than he means to, he gets this "uh oh" look on his face, retrieves the ball and hands it to me. Probably no T here from me.

I suspect that (a) happens far more often than (b), but I agree with the general principle that technical fouls are almost never "automatic" but sometimes obvious and easy to call.

That is what I was trying to explain is that it was (a) in my case, and I've always seen a T called in that situation. But, there may have been mitigating circumstances that I was not privy to. I didn't push it. Made my comment, got my dirty look, and moved on.