Justified Technical?

[maven]

Originally Posted by seanwestref

Gotcha. In the first game, I did not give him a technical because he did not say anything worthy of one. However, his comments were devolving from simply comments to something more personal. Should I have spoken with him before the second game and let him know continued comments would not be tolerated?

Remember, Personal is just one of the T-worthy 3 P's.

[scrounge]

I had something similar earlier this year, except it was 1st half to 2nd half. One of the varsity officials (in our area, it's expected for varsity officials to be there at the start of the JV game and often come in the locker room at half) made a great point at halftime: if the coaches' comments are reaching the point where they're distracting you from doing your job, you can't let it go on.

In my case, there were continuous needling comments that wouldn't stop, none of which on their own were profane or personal but they certainly were distracting. The half ended with my partner giving a warning. After halftime, it started up again, at which time I gave a formal, "stop sign" warning myself (yea, I prob shouldn't done it, but I wanted to make extra sure there was no doubt). No more than 5 secs later, as I'm trail in the backcourt, he's up and *****ing again. T. Not a peep after that. In fact, the other coach who wasn't as bad but had some moments as well stopped yapping, and the players cleaned it up a bit (play-wise, nothing was ever said by them) as well. Now I can't be sure it was just because of the T...but it sure didn't hurt.

[BktBallRef]

#1, no, you should never talk to a coach about what may have happened in the previous game, whether the game was 10 minutes or 10 years ago.

#2, once you gave him the warning, you shouldn't have any other discussion with him unless it's in reply to a question that's respectfully asked.

#3, you don't owe the timer an explanation. A polite "No." and then resume the game.

Originally Posted by maven

Remember, Personal is just one of the T-worthy 3 P's.

What are the other two P's?

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

You are way too concerned about what coaches think.

Yeah, you are right.

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

#3, you don't owe the timer an explanation. A polite "No." and then resume the game.

As I wrote, it was after the game. And he was respectful and polite about it, so I told him "No, the technical was for the comments", and left.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by seanwestref

What are the other two P's?

Profane. Persistent.

[APG]

Originally Posted by seanwestref

What are the other two P's?

Personal, profane, prolonged

[Nevadaref]

I've heard them as personal, public, or persistent.

[mplagrow]

Persnickity. PITA.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by APG

Personal, profane, prolonged

Those are the three we use when talking about whether to eject or not in baseball, too.

[Mark Padgett]

Pissy

Personal

Potty mouth