I violated rule #1.....not THAT rule #1

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Originally Posted by jdw3018

You've got it. Any direct technical foul on bench personnel (you can read the definitions to determine who is bench personnel when) is also an indirect on the head coach.

There is never an indirect T without a direct T. And only the direct T is penalized in the form of free throws and possession. The only impact of an indirect T is that it ends the coach's coaching box privileges and counts as one of his three toward ejection.

And to add incase some may not know, (not you jdw sure you do) the "t" on the assistant only counts as a foul towards the total team foul count. It sounds like two since its an indirect on the Head coach as well. For instance, if the black team had four team fouls and during a time out the asstant gets a "T" the team foul count would now say five team fouls. The head coach as has been already mentioned now has an indirect "t" and his happily sitting!