Whacked Home Coach.......Probably not deserved.....

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Bingo.

You can discuss this forever but any unsporting technical fouls except for the absolute no-brainers are usually dependant on personal established limits. We all set our own line and those lines will vary. The coaches and players will adjust to your line. Just don't move that line during a game.

There's different ways to keep the game under control and moving. As long as you can do that, you've done your job.

JMO.

I had a player in a BV game leave the game last night and he was frustrated by his play -- he was venting (quietly enough) on the bench to a coach/teammate and I heard an f-bomb or two. I simply turned and said, "watch your mouth, k?" and left it at that. I didn't make a big deal out of it and I didn't even look in the kid's direction. But I heard the assistant coach address it with the kid.

I guess my gripe with guys who T players up for the utterance of a single profanity on the court is that there doesn't seem to be any common sense or context -- it's an emotional game and kids (and adults) tend to use language that may not be shown on TV at 8PM. Who cares? I don't feel it's my job to try to change society one technical foul at a time.

I've heard more than one player in my life utter out a "sh!t" or "damn" after grounding out or missing a steal or doing something else that leaves them frustrated. It's when the remark is directed at me or an opponent that it becomes part of something bigger.