The seatbelt

[M&M Guy]

I actually had this exact situation happen a couple of years ago. V coach protests a call a little too vigorously, and gets his first T from one of my partners. I had to remind him twice to remain seated after that - one time was a motion from across the floor to sit back down. He understood both both times; he was doing nothing but coaching his team, however he was standing up out of habit, I guess. Finally we had a quick transition, I was old L/new T coming up the court along the bench, and I almost ran into him as he was standing there yelling instructions to his team. Given the fact I had to slow down and change direction slightly to avoid running into him, it seemed like an easy second T. His first look was "What?!?", then, "Oh...alright...I know...", and he left without further incident.

Ever since then I've been known as the only official in my association to toss a coach for coaching his team. A badge I wear with honor, too.