Should I Have Run Him?

[VaTerp]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I'd go a step further. I'd T him immediately -- even before he reached me if I was quick enough to get the whistle up to my mouth. After that, I won't say anything to him until the coach is on the bench.

"We're not discussing anything until you're on the bench."

I'd be hard-pressed to keep him in the game if he grabbed my arm.

Agreed. If a coach walks out of his box to protest a call I will try to talk him back like I expect most officials do. But if he's "running" that far out of the box, it should be an automatic T. If for some reason you can't get your whistle ready or get the T for runnning out then when you signal him back to the box and he doesnt IMMEDIATELY go back then you still have an automatic T.

And the arm grab is just unacceptable in this situation, and really almost any situation. At the risk of sounding sexist and unprofessional we have a GV HC in my area that is over 6 ft tall and very attractive. She tends to question a lot of calls but always does so with a soft, almost flirty kind of voice. The whole thing is kind of wierd. When I do her games she may get away with a soft tug on the arm right in front of her bench but....again it's just a wierd situation and you can of have to let her know "Coach, you can't flirt your way to getting calls." But not in those words. Like I said, the whole thing is kind of wierd but I digress.

Bottom line is, there is no justification for a coach to come "running" out of the box or to grab your arm. Do both of these things and a coach should be tossed, pretty much no questions asked.

BTW- to the OP, you say you were on the endline. How close to his bench were you? I can understand the situation a little more if you were right by his bench and he came down the sideline.

[YooperRef]

Thanks for all the input everyone. I'm still kicking the situation around in my head.

I started the play on the opposite side of the lane from V's bench. The inbounder ran towards the bench when she committed the violation and I took a 3 or 4 steps in her direction when I made the call. I was about in the middle of the lane, maybe 25 ft away from the end of the V's bench.

[VaTerp]

Originally Posted by YooperRef

Thanks for all the input everyone. I'm still kicking the situation around in my head.

I started the play on the opposite side of the lane from V's bench. The inbounder ran towards the bench when she committed the violation and I took a 3 or 4 steps in her direction when I made the call. I was about in the middle of the lane, maybe 25 ft away from the end of the V's bench.

In that case, EASILY a flagrant T. No way a coach gets 25 ft onto the court and touches me, in ANY way. See ya!

And again, absolutely NO Way you should have given the coach ANY explanation at all when he is this clearly out of line.

Like I said before, I know it's much easier in hindsight but you, and any official, really cant tolerate this kind of behavior. I'm not sure how experienced you are, but I know it took me a while to truly feel comfortble with issuing Ts and knowing how to respond to coaches who pull BS like this. You did stick him but I think a flagrant T is what was needed here. But we live and learn. Thanks for sharing this.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by VaTerp

In that case, EASILY a flagrant T. No way a coach gets 25 ft onto the court and touches me, in ANY way. See ya!

And again, absolutely NO Way you should have given the coach ANY explanation at all when he is this clearly out of line.

Like I said before, I know it's much easier in hindsight but you, and any official, really cant tolerate this kind of behavior. I'm not sure how experienced you are, but I know it took me a while to truly feel comfortble with issuing Ts and knowing how to respond to coaches who pull BS like this. You did stick him but I think a flagrant T is what was needed here. But we live and learn. Thanks for sharing this.

Yup. And after I assess the flagrant T, I'm not explaining anything -- that coach no longer exists.

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by YooperRef

Thanks for all the input everyone. I'm still kicking the situation around in my head.

I started the play on the opposite side of the lane from V's bench. The inbounder ran towards the bench when she committed the violation and I took a 3 or 4 steps in her direction when I made the call. I was about in the middle of the lane, maybe 25 ft away from the end of the V's bench.

So, the coach was all the way out to the lane on the endline?

Hmmm...that's a long way to be onto the court and not get tossed - especially considering he grabbed you. I imagined you were near his sideline.

[tref]

Originally Posted by jdw3018

So, the coach was all the way out to the lane on the endline?

Hmmm...that's a long way to be onto the court and not get tossed - especially considering he grabbed you. I imagined you were near his sideline.

Yeah me too... save yourself some grief & provide no more details, YooperRef!

[YooperRef]

Originally Posted by tref

Yeah me too... save yourself some grief & provide no more details, YooperRef!

No grief involved. As for the extra details, I was replying to a question from VaTerp as to my location on the floor.

It was something I hadn't had happen before so I thought I'd run it by everyone. I just wanted some other points of view.

I should have given him 2 T's. One for coming on the floor and one for the touch/response. Would have been some extra paperwork but live and learn I guess.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by jdw3018

Especially considering he grabbed you.

Maybe for his day job he's a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent?

[YooperRef]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Maybe for his day job he's a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent?

Nice.

[KJUmp]

This is an ejection....in any sport. No ifs, no ands no buts about it.