Flipping off your teammate
 

High school girls, regular season.

A1 is a player. A6 is on the bench. A6 makes a snide, chiding remark to A1. A1 responds with flipping off A6.

Whack or ignore?

Whack.

situational
 

I would have to let the situation dictate...from across the court, most likely whack....running up the sideline right at the bench...hmmmm not so cut and dried...would probably lean toward a conversation about salvation.....(a come to jesus meeting)

If I see it, I'm Ting it.

T. Like when a kid drops an f bomb really load and I T him. They say it wasnt directed towards us; it doesnt matter.

Well, it matters, as it could make the difference between T and Flagrant T.

True of course. Id somebody comes to me and says f you he is done for the night. But I mean regardless of whom you are saying it to, it will be at least a T

Fair enough. I knew that's what you mean, just thought I'd add a clarification.

Is essentially declaring a winner of a cat fight a smart thing to do?

Not always, but putting a quick end to it probably is.

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It would depend. My first thought would be to treat it like a UFO: I saw something but I am not quite sure what it was.

what about this scenario:

i was doing a high school game, and the home team was behind by about 30 and playing like crapola. their center knew it. after yet another opponents basket, he turned around, hands at his side, and said,"c'mon guys, play harder...i mean, f**K"...

not loud enough for hardly anybody to hear, (I didn't, i was transitioning to new lead in two man), but my partner did...whacked him.

if i'm the trail, i probably let it go, and talk to the kid as we head down the court...

thoughts?

Depending... but I probably wouldn't whack here.

If it's where "no one" really hears' it, that's the approach I take too. Usually with a "watch your mouth."

Too bad you weren't the T on that play :D

+1

I guess I've done that a couple of times this season too. One of them went something like this:
Me: "You said 'truck', right?
Player: "What? Ummm.... yeah."
Me: "Good, because if you said something else I'd have to call a technical foul on you."

Use the shift key properly to avoid giving the impression that you're an under-educated teenager. ;)

gotta be honest here...kind of techno-challenged. don't know what you mean. if i committed a sin, i apologize. i'm almost 50, and don't use the internet much. e-mail and about 4 websites. don't know much about internet protocol.

I think what mbyron means, stir, is follow the basic grammar rules we all learned. Capitalize sentences and Is. Just like in officiating, appearance counts.

Oh, okay. Gotcha. Many thanks. I will do that from now on.

/Again, thanks.

There are 2 people to watch out for on the forum. Mr. Annoying Spelling Guy is one. Mr. Annoying Grammar Guy is the other. You can put others on 'ignore', but the two aforementioned guys are omnipresent.

We Don't Need No Stinkin Capital Letters ...
 

My daughter sends me similar emails. I just assumed that the shift key on her keyboard must be broken?

You mean the F dash dash dash word?:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Capital Crime ...
 

No. More like, "hey dad. i love you. please send me money."

I wouldn't ignore but would certainly pull the player aside to talk to her. I doubt
I would "T" unless it was really egregious, and caused a scene.

While it's possible I wouldn't T for this (I've actually had success talking to coaches about this), I would be hard pressed to second guess a partner who did give one.