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Should I have called a Tech?
Last weekend I was officiating some 11th/12th grade CYO. I called a travel on a kid, and he did the usual whine and moan, but then, he beamed the ball at me. Like a hard baseball throw. We were probably 8-10 feet apart. I was in sheer shock, and by the time I could register what happened, it was too late. Should I have called a tech? How long is too long to wait to call a tech on a player?
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Yeah, the only hesitation should have been you getting the whistle back to your mouth if you didn't have it in already.
That's definitely a technical foul, and some might argue that's borderline flagrant. |
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Probably. I gave a T for this years ago. Or if nothing else, I would not have allowed that player to get away with something else for sure.
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While it should be called sooner, I'd say the drop-dead point is when you administer the throw-in.
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THis was the approach I ended up taking....I called him for EVERYTHING.
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I hope you didn't look for violations/fouls specifically on this player, just because he whipped the ball at you. While he deserves some sort of discipline, this wouldn't be fair. Either call the technical or don't, but afterward, he must be treated like everyone else (at least as far as normal basketball stuff goes).
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no, not at all, but whenever he made an infraction, i never thought twice about ringing him up again. |
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ABSOLUTELY! I don't think there is even ONE official on this forum that would not Whack this kid...at least none that have thought about this and are ready for this.
Are you ready the next time some player throws the ball at you hard?
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I would have walked him to his coach and said, "this player just earned a technical, you want to handle him?" Coach says, "yes, I will handle him"..."thanks coach" tweet, technical foul.
If the coach says "No, he's alright", "Thanks coach" tweet, flagrant. Officials and high school players are not equal. We are adults, I don't feel we need to take crap from kids. If he wants to act like an idiot, his coach can talk to him, either way he's sitting on that bench. |
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BTW...I might have whacked him for this.
Kids don't get to "whine and moan" at me....and if this is usual for you, you are either relatively new (I would guess somebody in their 20's) and/or need to get some advice from some veterans in your area in how to handle these situations. But...don't get me wrong...thanks for posting this kind of stuff, it gets us all thinking about what we need to do in certain situations.
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Now if he had bounced passed it hard, that is nothing, throwing a dart at an official 8-10 feet away is grounds for flagrant. See ya. |
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8-10 feet away that's like 3 -4 steps...if that ball hits you, you might get a concussion. This isn't a no call, this is at minimum a technical. If he were 15-20 feet away, I probably don't have anything. But in this case, it's the proximity that definitely needs to be addressed.
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