Sunglasses Technical Foul

[bballref3966]

First of all, I do not have high tolerance for misbehavior in scrimmages.

Not only was the T warranted, but I think you may have even waited too long. You could've called it the second the AC jumped out of his seat. ACs do not get to question calls and jump off the bench. Period.

Call it as soon as he jumps out of his seat to protest. Then he throws the sunglasses. He's gone in my game.

Any time something is thrown to the ground in disgust, that is a T. See Coach K in the ACC final last year.

[kstiles99]

Funny story.. One of his shades landed right on my gear bag... I kept it for the memory.

[APG]

Originally Posted by bballref3966

Not only was the T warranted, but I think you may have even waited too long. You could've called it the second the AC jumped out of his seat. ACs do not get to question calls and jump off the bench. Period.

Call it as soon as he jumps out of his seat to protest. Then he throws the sunglasses. He's gone in my game.

Depending on how the game has gone, I'm okay with not necessarily going immediately to a T. This could be a perfect opportunity to give a head coach a chance to get this under control.

As far as the T...an overt action like described can't be ignored. I have no problem with handing a T.

[bballref3966]

Coincidentally enough, I had a scrimmage tonight, too. One of the head coaches wanted to complain about every call against his team. He got a warning from me, I called a PC foul on one of his guys to which he said "HE WAS STILL MOVING" and one of my partners whacked him there.

Like I said, I do not put up with a lot in scrimmages. If you penalize bad behavior in scrimmages, it may end up preventing misbehavior once the real games start. Of course, I'm not sure why coaches insist on acting poorly in a scrimmage, anyway.

Tech when the coach stood up yelling. Flagrant tech if I didn't whack him before he threw the glasses. You don't get to do that.

[Mregor]

A scrimmage and an AC complains about who is charged with the foul to the point of throwing his sunglasses across the gym, and you are 2nd guessing your T? And this is 7th grade girls? What does he do if one of the kids gets a play wrong in practice? I'd say the jerk has no business being around 11 year old kids in the first place. I'd whack him, tell him to go pick up the pieces, report it to the principal and toss him if he said another word.

edit: We aren't allowed to keep score at scrimmage in these parts or in other parts I've been in.

[Adam]

I'm generally hitting this T as soon as I notice the AC has jumped up to complain like that. I'll usually let the HC handle his bench, but this, to me, rises above the point where I'm willing to do that.

If I get the T called before he whips around and tosses the shades (very likely), he'll get a second one for the second act of his show. If I'm slow and don't get it until after the toss, I'll settle for one.

And a preseason scrimmage is perfect for this. AC gets to learn a lesson in behavioral expectations, essentially, for free.

[bballref3966]

Originally Posted by Adam

And a preseason scrimmage is perfect for this. AC gets to learn a lesson in behavioral expectations, essentially, for free.

+1. Scrimmages are the perfect opportunity to 1) stress new rules (10-6-12) and 2) set standards for behavior that will not be tolerated once the season starts. I did both last night. Again, why coaches misbehave in scrimmages is beyond me, but use it as a teaching opportunity if it does happen.

As an aside, we do not get paid for scrimmages in South Carolina.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by bballref3966

First of all, I do not have high tolerance for misbehavior in scrimmages.

Not only was the T warranted, but I think you may have even waited too long. You could've called it the second the AC jumped out of his seat. ACs do not get to question calls and jump off the bench. Period.

Call it as soon as he jumps out of his seat to protest. Then he throws the sunglasses. He's gone in my game.

Any time something is thrown to the ground in disgust, that is a T. See Coach K in the ACC final last year.

You beat me to it.

MTD, Sr.