No Good T Stories?

[26 Year Gap]

I try to be judicious about T warnings to players. If you go straight to the "Triple Dog Dare" on the other team, that can get you in trouble. I prefer to speak to the coach about "Number 23" getting himself into trouble if he keeps it(fill in the blank) up.
I had one partner yell at a player for the whole gym to hear about him being a disgrace to himself, his team, and the whole school. He didn't want to T him up because I already had earlier. If i could have T'd my partner, that would have been the moment.

[grunewar]

I've only given one to a player so far this yr. "Son, Thy protesteth too much."

I did have a P WHACK both coaches in one game. Made for a fairly tranquil second half! IOW, it served its purpose.

[bainsey]

Had zero Ts this year until Monday, when I had two.

JVG, FOUR delay-of-game violations (all breaking the plane), one for the visitors, then three for the home team, including a back-to-back pair.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

I try to be judicious about T warnings to players. If you go straight to the "Triple Dog Dare" on the other team, that can get you in trouble. I prefer to speak to the coach about "Number 23" getting himself into trouble if he keeps it(fill in the blank) up.
I had one partner yell at a player for the whole gym to hear about him being a disgrace to himself, his team, and the whole school. He didn't want to T him up because I already had earlier. If i could have T'd my partner, that would have been the moment.

I usually am less tolerant of players and more tolerant of coaches. I also will talk to players directly. Maybe that is not a good strategy, but I try to appeal to the player's common sense that if no other reason get them to realize they will lose this fight their want to have with officials. This used to work a lot early in my career, works very little now to the same effectiveness. It also would be nice if partners I have had would address these issues equally too. I have had a lot of partners that just let players say all kinds of things. Often time my comments to players are not about me at all.

Peace