Technical Fouls

[SE Minnestoa Re]

A couple book technicals. Nothing unsportsmanlike.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by icallfouls

I have heard that one before, excluding the Mormon part. Perhaps he should be praying for forgiveness?

As we were walking away, my P said:

"Didn't you know that Mormons are genetically incapable of swearing?"

Luckily the Coach had walked the other way and was too far away to hear that!

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

1. Player T for yelling "Bullsh!t" after my partner calls a foul on him...

As we were leaving the locker room after the game, the Coach stops us and tries to argue with us that his player never swore..."He's a good Mormon kid, and he's in there crying right now because you said he swore."

Just said "Ok, thanks Coach" and kept walking.

"Then he needs to work on his elocution."

1 T for Delay of Game on the throw-in following the Delay of Game Warning (Talk about not getting the hint).

[Toren]

I haven't had a single technical yet.

My trigger is getting itchy. or something like that

[Toren]

Originally Posted by Toren

I haven't had a single technical yet.

My trigger is getting itchy. or something like that

Yeah I knew this was a jinx for sure.

Had my first technical on Friday, for 6 players on the floor...girls varsity game.

Saturday, gave a player his 2nd technical, partner gave him the first...boys varsity.

Sunday, gave a coach a technical for arguing an OOB call. He screamed with hands raised, because the other team got the ball...you guessed it 7th grade boys

Now I know why they don't talk about the no hitter during the no hitter.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Toren

Now I know why they don't talk about the no hitter during the no hitter.

Hey at least you took care of business instead of ignoring unsporting behavior because you wanted to preserve some sort of streak.

[McMac]

My count goes to 8 tonight with two separate T's on a Head Coach tonight and making my first ejection of the 2011-2012 season. Why is it that coaches believe that they have a right to berate and belittle officials after being told what the call is? They still think they have to get to have a say in about the call.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

1. Player T for yelling "Bullsh!t" after my partner calls a foul on him...

As we were leaving the locker room after the game, the Coach stops us and tries to argue with us that his player never swore..."He's a good Mormon kid, and he's in there crying right now because you said he swore."

Just said "Ok, thanks Coach" and kept walking.

Not everyone has the same definition of what a swear word is.

FWIW, I think you made the correct call.

[jdw3018]

Two on players, and one on a coach (tonight). I looked over and he was running down the court next to me complaining about a (no) call. Pretty funny, in hindsight.

[icallfouls]

College game, player A going for rebound gets the ball and is fouled by B. I call the foul, A turns and gets in face (chest really) and I separate the two. A won't let it go, drops an m*f* on B.... and the rest is 2 shots for the TF, followed by 2 shots for the double bonus.

[BillyMac]

Girls varsity prep school game. Sloppy play from both teams, but there were a few descent players on both teams, and both teams were well coached.

Home is ahead by three points with about a minute to go. Due to some poor foul shooting by Home, Visitors have three chances to dig into that lead in the last minute. During all three Visitor possessions, they try to get the ball to V1, their best player, who, during all three possessions, tries to shoot from behind the three point line, and tries to throw herself into a defender to draw a foul on all three shots, figuring she could make the three, and get one free throw, or miss the three, and get three free throws. On all three tries, her shot is unsuccessful, and the defender just stands there in vertical stance with her hands straight up in the air, and I, or my partner, a veteran who's been officiating for forty-five years, come up with three consecutive no calls.

After her last unsuccessful shot, with her team behind by only three with about twelve seconds to go in the game, V1 turns to me and questions me emphatically, "Are you blind?".

Whack, and it's her fifth foul. Home makes one of the two technical foul free throws, and ices the clock for the final twelve seconds.

First "Tea Party" of the season for me. I never did answer her question, so in case she reads this Forum, "No. I'm not blind."

[Adam]

Effing hat trick this week. Three nights in a row. Stupid monkeys. No more pink shoe laces for me.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Effing hat trick this week. Three nights in a row. Stupid monkeys. No more pink shoe laces for me.

5 this week. 3 on Tuesday, 2 tonight. 2 head coaches, 1 assistant, 2 players.

Worked 5 games, but the 5 technicals were in 2 games.

[La Rikardo]

New poster, first-year official. I'm 18 years old, a student in college, and decided to give HS basketball a try this winter after a couple years' experience in soccer. Been lurking here for a couple weeks, but now I actually have a situation worth posting about.

I've given three Ts in 14 HS games (all freshman and sophomore) this year. Two were simple Ts to coaches for ABS.

The third was a bit of a bigger deal. Happened Friday afternoon, boys sophomore. Red getting blown out, three or four minutes left in the game. I'm trail in two-man, Red #11 is defending a shot in the post right at the edge of the key. He has one arm vertical, but I see the other one give a little push on the shot. Foul. As I turn around to the table to report it, #11 comes jogging toward his bench because he's just been DQ'd for his fifth foul. As he's going by me, he gives me a little elbow in the side. Not enough to cause pain or anything, but hard enough that it was clear he was doing this to dissent the call. Easy T. My partner later told me that I needed to report the incident to the HS Activities Association, which I did as soon as I got home. On the drive home, though, it occurred to me that I shouldn't have just given a T, but a flagrant T. Relating that to soccer, the sport I know quite a bit better, I'm going to send a player off every time for striking me in any manner to dissent a call. Certainly should've done the same here.

[Adam]

Agreed, but if you include that to your state, they'll probably tell you the same thing and suspend him anyway. He was already out for the game, so it's not that big a deal.

BTW, had the coach been informed that it was the player's fifth foul?