I "T"ed up the score keeper.....

[doubleringer]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

At the same time, there's no reason not to be able to anticipate problems.

As I said before, it's no different than knowing a team has a tendency to steal the tip or back out too early on a free throw.

If you know a coach is a chronic PITA, deal with it early.

Agreed, this is a mind set for officials. Personally, when dealing with a coach that has a history, I talk about being aware of the bench during the game. To me, being aware of the bench puts me in the mind set that I'm not going to go looking for a T, but if a situation arises, it needs to be dealt with early.

From the wording, I get the feeling that Terrapins Fan was going into the game looking to T the team for actions in the previous meeting. There is a difference in being aware that problems may arise and looking for problems. I did my share of looking for problems early in my career and I found them when I did.