baiting a T?

[ChuckElias]

Troward, without seeing it, from your description I'd say it was a good call. And you definitely did not bait the player. Now having said that, my personal habit is not to talk to the players until I've reported the foul. I don't even think it's a conscious thing. It's just my habit. If a kid says "I didn't touch him!" or "What'd I do?" I usually just ignore it.

If it seems like he's asking a genuine question, I may take a moment as you did, but I think that's pretty rare for me to do. My mantra is "the less said, the better"; unless, as I said, I feel there is an honest question that I can answer.

So while I don't think you did anything "wrong" necessarily, it's not generally what I do.

Chuck