ESPN: Coaches Behaving Badly

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Let's ask a bunch of coaches how they think about the conduct of their breathen and themselves...

What we basically heard was a bunch of platitudes and all the basic justifications for why some of these coaches act a fool: emotional game, job on the line, caught up in the emotions of the game, etc.

You know why you don't see all this kind of conduct in the NBA? Because the NBA has taken a stand on these kind of issues, and officials don't have to worry about negative repercussions with one's schedule if a warranted technical foul or ejection was handed out. This goes for veterans such as Joe Crawford and Scott Foster to the less experienced officials.. Coach K's act of ranting and raving on the sidelines wouldn't last long in the NBA.

If college really wants this behavior out of the game, it'll be up to the conference assignors. NCAA-M can come out with directives and POE's, but it doesn't matter if the conference assignors aren't 100 percent behind it, and officials (except for the big dogs) are worried about how a T/ejection might effect his coaches' rating or future schedule.