Ever have two coaches go at it?

[Rich]

Interesting one last night.

BTW, this was the same two teams as this thread:

Inbounds play after a made basket

I should've known something interesting would happen at the end.

About 40 seconds left, 3 point game, home team down. Ball came on the court, trap near the division line, pass to the far side, THEN I notice the visiting coach at the table screaming in my direction.

H had the ball, we killed the clock, it was obvious the clock hadn't started.

I had 2 closely guarded counts each reach 4 seconds, so we had definite knowledge of at least 8 seconds that should've come off.

Yeah, yeah, I should've looked at the clock, but like I said, the inbounds pass was thrown right to the frontcourt of the division line and I had a trap right in front of me from the moment the ball was caught inbounds. We were working 2-person.

As I head to the table, the home coach is screaming for a technical for the coach being out of his box - so much so that I decided to abandon the clock issue for a moment and walk over and talk to him.

Then the other coach started screaming for an unsportsmanlike technical for the home coach. Then they started to talk to each other. Bad blood I didn't know existed started to flow. I talked to the home coach and tried to calm him down and something triggered him pointing at the other coach and walking towards him a step or two before he got to me. I told him to put his finger down or HE was going to get hit with a technical and not to worry about the clock situation.

At this point, I hear someone yell, "Bring it on." No, I didn't know it was the visiting coach. Partner was with him trying to get him calmed down. Finally we convinced the coaches that they were in the process of ruining a great finish and they were finally calm. Home coach essentially said that "every time he comes in here he's such a jerk." I found out later the V coach said the same thing.

Now, the clock. Partner went to the table, I went to the V coach and explained. He wanted 2 more seconds off. I told him we had knowledge of 8 and that's what's coming off. Not thrilled, but I think he understood.

The only thing we missed here was the double technical we should've assessed. It would've cost both coaches the box and nothing more. But we were most interested in restoring order, it seemed both coaches were about equally to blame, and the game ended quietly when the home team player traveled on the next possession and then we shot some free throws and went home.

I don't have this game next season. I'm not sad.