Partner support

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Adam

It means nothing more than just a simple verbal warning. I just make sure I inform my partners that I've warned the coach so we don't give him multiple warnings.

The second part of your statement (above) is important. Informing your partner could be either verbally (timeout, intermission, etc., my preferred method), or visually (stop sign). Sometimes things go so quickly in a game that one might not have time to verbally inform one's partner, thus the option (not by rule) of the stop sign. On the other hand, a partner, distracted while talking to a player, might not see a stop sign.

Originally Posted by Adam

It perpetuates the idea that they are some how owed a warning before any technical foul is issued.

Good point. One that I don't believe that I've ever seen expressed here on the Forum. Great point.