I made a mistake

[Rich]

Originally Posted by CMHCoachNRef

RR, I would say that I tend to give coaches a rather long leash. I am still trying to ascertain where YOUR mistakes were here. The player had the ball at his disposal, you begin a count (no mistake, yet). You call the violation (no mistake, yet). Player slams the ball down (no mistake, yet). You call a technical foul (no mistake, yet). You explain the call (no mistake, yet). You then explained the technical with a statement that is accurate (could have stayed and given the explanation, but he was on his second explanation -- and based on the description the call was pretty clear). He calls you an inappropriate name (no mistake, here). He gets T'd up for the comment (no mistake, yet). You inform him that no one talks to you that way (Probably accurate, not necessarily a mistake, either). He follows you and receives his second technical and is ejected (no mistake here, either).

Mistake Tally:
Player B1 -- 2 (one for not getting the ball in play and one for the reaction),
HC -- 2 (one for the comment to you and the second for coming after you),
YOU -- 0* (the asterisk only for not answering the question while staying in the vicinity of the coach -- one reason for doing that was to TRY to prevent a confrontation that caused the first T and for making the statement just prior to the T).

While I understand that you are disappointed with the outcome of the ejection and your two comments, if I were a judge, I am not convinced that your actions rose to the level of "mistake." Even if they did, the coach and player were more culpable than you were.

This was my immediate reaction, too, but I wasn't there.