Interesting T

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

It's apples and kumquats, by the way. Get it right.

M&M Guy:

That is not right either. It is dollars to donuts, opps that is betting dollars to donuts. Me bad.

MTD, Sr.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by OHBBREF

Well it does matter but that wasn't really my point,...

I agreed with you on the rest...ball goes that high, it's will be a T under all but a most extreme set of circumstances.

As for what we call it. I don't agree that it matters. It is NOT the same as "reaching in", "over the back", etc. Those miscommunicate what happens in a way that is detrimental...implying what could be an entirely legal act as being illegal. We could call such a stoppage a respite, a lull, a break, or any other synonym for all anyone would care and it would never make a difference.

It is even more irrelevant of an argument than worrying about whether a coach requests or calls timeout and on par with whether you call it an endline or a baseline.

[Bishopcolle]

Originally Posted by deecee

Ill give the kid the benefit of the doubt here. Its not like this is a rampantly occuring item during games where we need to worry about will the kid learn a lesson or not from a T or not T. Either way he will learn, as long as someone tells him.

I can't disagree with you more.....In this situation, you give him the T even HE expects, and then give him counseling (if you so desire.) He knows he earned the T, and he will disrespect you for not giving it to him...IMHO....

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by deecee

Its just not one that I would call if it were clear that a player did this out of frustration for turning it over and especially when the period was ending.

Of course a player can be frustrated. S/he also need to handle the frustration properly and deal with the consequences if s/he doesn't.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by deecee

..... I would probably say "good call" because after all its not a bad call.

This struck me. I bet Billy Mac gets it.

[deecee]

I am not saying or trying to to argue that anyone else shouldnt call the T if they want, I have just been expressing what I would do and my reasoning for it. Just because I disagree with how someone will handle a situation doesn't mean I will criticize their choice and what they did. You can have 2 "good" options on how to handle 1 situation with 2 completly different outcomes.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by deecee

My best T is one I dont have to call.

Damm, where's Jurassic when we need him?