Why are we reluctant to call Ts?

[canuckrefguy]

Originally posted by stripes
As 3Q goes on, chirping gets worse. Coach gets really mad a couple of times in 2nd half and partner just tries to talk him down.

I put whistle in my mouth (to call T) and partner syas to me, "I've got it." I think good he'll T and we'll go on. Nope. Pushes the coach back to the bench, we shoot the shots and the game ends uneventfully.

A "T" in this situation, :30 to go after he's pretty much run wild all game doesn't really compute. I think your partner made the right decision.

HOWEVER....

Your partner should not have let this goofball ride him for so long. He's to be commended for having a thick skin and trying to manage the coaches, but he's going to have to learn that there comes a time when you gotta be the bad guy and **WHACK**. And when that time comes YOU MUST ACT.

You said yourself this coach likes to "test" officials. He figured out pretty quick your partner wouldn't T him, so he just kept riding him. He obviously left you alone because he knew you wouldn't let him get away with it.

I'm also wondering, like a couple of the other folks, why maybe you didn't whack him instead.

I had a game the other day (2-person crew) where one player was chirping A LOT to my less-experienced partner, but he just argued with him, or tried to talk him down. Later on, I'm in transition from T to L and I see this player getting right in my P's face yelling, with my P (for some reason) not doing anything. Enough! I whacked him from 50 feet away. After the game, I told my P that we're here to ref, not to endure a non-stop stream of b****ing and whining.

SIGH, my second T all season through 45 games (I consider myself very lucky this year).

Just my thoughts...