5th foul - game management

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Originally posted by stan-MI
It's pretty standard procedure around here to have a non-calling official report a player's fifth foul to the coach. Just another means to avoid a conflict that might lead to a technical foul. We don't line the rest of the players up, though, or make the disqualified player remain on the court; these would seem to draw more attention to the disqualification and increase the potential for conflict.

I am a proponent of telling the coach myself. If I called it, I should be man enough to domy job. I will not get into a discussion about the call. I simply inform the coach and go to the table to stat the 30 sec clock. I think that sending your partner can be percieved as being afraid of the coach or as not liking your call. If I know a coach is ready to blow his stack at me I might have my partner do it, but 99% of the time I go.