Should I have called a Tech?

[Toren]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

Usually, for almost all T's, one is going to blow their whistle and signal a T...then report it to the table. Any interaction with the coach almost always comes after the technical is reported to the table. And in fact, if you DQ a player, you're going to have to inform the head coach anyway. Like bob said earlier, one communicates with the coach before a player crosses the line...giving the coach a chance to "handle it."

I will say, I've never seen an infraction of this sort reported AFTER talking to the coach. All kinds of misconceptions can come of it...at the very least, the opposing coach is going to wonder why you had a word with the other head coach before assessing the technical.

I have no problem with giving a T at the spot. Then walking the kid to the coach and telling him he earned a T, you going to handle him? And I may upgrade depending on the answer.

At the table it's still a T, it's just going to either be a T or an ejection (flagrant).

[APG]

Originally Posted by Toren

I have no problem with giving a T at the spot. Then walking the kid to the coach and telling him he earned a T, you going to handle him? And I may upgrade depending on the answer.

At the table it's still a T, it's just going to either be a T or an ejection (flagrant).

To each their own...I've never seen any official stop to talk to a coach before reporting a foul to the table...especially in regard to the infraction just committed by a player.

Quite frankly, your way of doing this (and I would point out that no one has agreed with your method...take that for what it's worth) make little sense to me.

[Toren]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

To each their own...I've never seen any official stop to talk to a coach before reporting a foul to the table...especially in regard to the infraction just committed by a player.

Quite frankly, your way of doing this (and I would point out that no one has agreed with your method...take that for what it's worth) make little sense to me.

Well I have never done this, and the chances of this scenario happening to me specifically is quite small. So this whole argument is probably moot.

But I promise, if I ever do this I will post the video...then it can leave the realm of academic and enter reality.