Questioning my T

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

The guy was chirping like crazy early in the game. My back was to him as trail and I said loud enough for him to hear "That's enough, coach."

I don't really have a problem with this, but then again I think I'm averaging a little over one T a game in high school games this season. I'm trying to take the nice approach and ask the coach to let the situation go. Of course, I don't mind having the perception of an official who will call a T...

Originally Posted by fiasco

I would just rather handle the situation better next time so the perception of "gunning" for the coach isn't there. Perhaps a quicker T would accomplish that.

I think you are worried about perception too much. What about the perception that a coach can act in an unsporting manner during a scholastic event? The coach does it and then the players start to take adopt the same behavior. If we took care of unsporting behavior more, it would clean up the game. I was in a college conference where Ts flew around all the time and unsporting behavior was decreased. It works.

[CMHCoachNRef]

Originally Posted by tomegun

I don't really have a problem with this, but then again I think I'm averaging a little over one T a game in high school games this season. I'm trying to take the nice approach and ask the coach to let the situation go. Of course, I don't mind having the perception of an official who will call a T...



I think you are worried about perception too much. What about the perception that a coach can act in an unsporting manner during a scholastic event? The coach does it and then the players start to take adopt the same behavior. If we took care of unsporting behavior more, it would clean up the game. I was in a college conference where Ts flew around all the time and unsporting behavior was decreased. It works.

Wow, I really hope that I never have to be calling Ts almost as frequently as timeouts during a game to keep a game under control.

[Scratch85]

Originally Posted by tomegun

I don't really have a problem with this, but then again I think I'm averaging a little over one T a game in high school games this season. I'm trying to take the nice approach and ask the coach to let the situation go. Of course, I don't mind having the perception of an official who will call a T...

If it is true that you are averaging more than 1 T per game in HS, you must be reffing in "The League from Hell."

I average about 2 a season. One for each gender.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Scratch85

I average about 2 a season. One for each gender.

If you worked in Portland, you'd have to average 4 per season to average one for each gender.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[constable]

Originally Posted by Scratch85

If it is true that you are averaging more than 1 T per game in HS, you must be reffing in "The League from Hell."

I average about 2 a season. One for each gender.

Hell I was doing a senior V game the other week and we had 4 in that game.

one kid asked me if I was ****ing serious after I called a foul on him, then my partner called a double T for chirping and pushing during a dead ball, then some one mouthed off to him in the 4th.

2 T's a year sounds like a cake walk!

[Scratch85]

Originally Posted by constable

2 T's a year sounds like a cake walk!

It is! And I may be exaggerating that.

[constable]

Originally Posted by Scratch85

It is! And I may be exaggerating that.

good for you. I'm not overly T happy. I guess there is just more unsporting behaviour here.

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by CMHCoachNRef

Wow, I really hope that I never have to be calling Ts almost as frequently as timeouts during a game to keep a game under control.

Originally Posted by Scratch85

If it is true that you are averaging more than 1 T per game in HS, you must be reffing in "The League from Hell."

I average about 2 a season. One for each gender.

I have been to Vegas, Washington DC, Mississippi and back to Vegas. 2 Ts a season just isn't feasible.

Most of the Ts I call are related to unsporting acts - a pet peeve of mine in high school games. I'm always amazed at the fact that the same problem doesn't exist as much in college games where coaches have more at stake.