No Good T Stories?

[Rich]

I just don't call a lot of technicals. And those I do call are usually fairly boring stories.

[JRutledge]

I gave my first coach T this past week on an assistant. The tournament director did not like it, but I feel comfortable for giving the T. And I tried to warn or "give a hint" so that the behavior would have stopped. It is not a very good story, but like Rich says, I do not give a lot of Ts to coaches. I give more to players because they tend to not listen even when warned.

Peace

[bob jenkins]

Coach's misbehavior earned him a T.

:shrug:

That's not much of a story, but it's all the story most of them should be.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Coach's misbehavior earned him a T. That's not much of a story, but it's all the story most of them should be.

Reminds me of this: "Dog Bites Man" is not a story. "Man Bites Dog", now that's a story.

[jTheUmp]

3 Ts so far this year.

2 for adding numbers to the book in the waning moments of the game when the scrubs were being subbed in.

1 on a coach for ABS.

[zm1283]

Had one for grasping the ring during warmups. We started with a T and the coach got to sit. He also benched the offending player for most of the first half.

My only other one was a player who threw his hands up and yelled "And one" toward me as a teammate was shooting during the first quarter. I should have whacked him immediately but decided to warn him very specifically at the next whistle (Which just happened to be a hand check on him) Fast forward to about three minutes left in the game. I'm the Lead in transition and he gets the ball stolen. Instead of turning around to go play defense he throws his hand up in the air at me again and starts to say something, so I stuck him. The HC wanted to blame me and give me the old "You can't call that with three minutes left in a seven point game" routine. I had to remind him that I warned his player right in front of him and I knew he heard it.

[DLH17]

Youth level: T to an assistant after stopping the game after a made FTA to tell the head coach (who was sitting next to the assistant at that moment) he is the only bench personnel I want to hear anything from during the game. Assistant looks at me and starts to laugh sarcastically out loud in a display of complete disrepect.

WHACK

[Terrapins Fan]

Originally Posted by zm1283

The HC wanted to blame me and give me the old "You can't call that with three minutes left in a seven point game" routine.

"Can you show me where that is in the rule book coach?"

[Terrapins Fan]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

3 Ts so far this year.

2 for adding numbers to the book in the waning moments of the game when the scrubs were being subbed in.

1 on a coach for ABS.

2 different games or the same game?

If it's the same game, is that 1 T or 2?

I thought book administrations were 1 T no matter how many infractions.

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

3 Ts so far this year.

2 for adding numbers to the book in the waning moments of the game when the scrubs were being subbed in.

1 on a coach for ABS.

Originally Posted by Terrapins Fan

2 different games or the same game?

If it's the same game, is that 1 T or 2?

I thought book administrations were 1 T no matter how many infractions.

2 different games.
First one was a varsity game, about 2 minutes left on the clock. Visiting Coach was incensed, claiming that the home scorekeeper 'copied the names and numbers off the varsity roster, and NOT the names he had in his scorebook'. Home scorekeeper (the AD, incidentally), claimed that he was never given the visitors scorebook. That was fun. (He had to add a second number to the scorebook a minute later, and the Home Coach wanted a second T.

You are correct; only one technical is given to a team for roster issues, regardless of how many changes need to be made. (10-1-2)

The second one was in a JV game 3 days later. Coach was completely understanding and even apologetic, because "it's my fault, I didn't give the scorekeeper the correct list". That game, incidentally, also happened to be the game where I gave out the ABS T (to the other coach).

[The_Rookie]

In my 3rd year and have never given a "T" to a coach yet..I am a big believer of issuing a bench warning and putting it in da book and so far that has done the trick to get my message across.

Question: If I issue a warning, is it wrong for my partner to then have a chat with that coach? Does it look like partner is selling me out?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

1 on a coach for ABS.

For those of you not familiar with the term "ABS", it's a condition coaches have called "A$$ Brain Syndrome".

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

For those of you not familiar with the term "ABS", it's a condition coaches have called "A$$ Brain Syndrome".

I always knew that to mean "Accumulated BS."

But we know the other term works too.

Peace

[RookieDude]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I give more to players because they tend to not listen even when warned.

I give more to players because they don't get much, if any, leeway.
(Just like assistants)