Arizona vs Colorado Head Coach T (Possible Ejection?) (Video)

[Adam]

I'm getting his second at about the 25 second mark of the video.

He knows he was heard after he got the T. He got a few seconds to yell at the lead, then went back to the guy who gave him his T.
That's when he gets the second.

[JugglingReferee]

The coach was yelling "foul underneath, foul underneath". The slot properly T'd him up when he was on the court.

When the coach walked back onto the court and directed his arm action and his comment again to the L, on what was a correct no-call, I'm, as the L, tossing him.

[crosscountry55]

Yeah, this is a frustrated coach at the end of a frustrating 5-10 conference season. Perhaps his job is on the line. That's how this guy makes a living. So I'm sensitive to that.

No call? Probably. The coach was itching to find something to voice his opinion about before the game ended and I think he picked the wrong play. Kind of like when you're short stacked in poker, the blinds are getting bigger and bigger, and you have to decide the right hand to go all-in on; sometimes you don't have the cards you'd prefer, but you just go with it.

So....putting all of this in context, combined with the fact that all he's really guilty of is coaching the officials to "not quit" (I don't think any magic words were used), I think the one technical here is fine. It was certainly needed and warranted. A second one? Nope.

[TriggerMN]

"Don't quit!"

Heh, this reminded me of Jim Valvano's ESPY speech, and his famous line, "Don't give up. Don't ever give up," which was famously misquoted by Emmitt Smith as, "Don't quit. Don't even quit."

[APG]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

So....putting all of this in context, combined with the fact that all he's really guilty of is coaching the officials to "not quit" (I don't think any magic words were used), I think the one technical here is fine. It was certainly needed and warranted. A second one? Nope.

Let me ask....you eject the coach...is the coach gonna try and seriously argue that he shouldn't be tossed? if so, what arguement is he going to give? The coach knows what he's doing here...and he wouldn't be surprised if he got tossed.

The coach certainly does more than just "coaching the officials." The coach is out of his box and on the floor to start with. The coach gets whacked...then gives THREE overt gestures directly toward an official...two toward the new trail and one toward the slot who called the original T. Short of your bosses giving direction otherwise...this particular (IMO) ejection should be as easy as it comes.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

Yeah, this is a frustrated coach at the end of a frustrating 5-10 conference season. Perhaps his job is on the line. That's how this guy makes a living. So I'm sensitive to that.

No call? Probably. The coach was itching to find something to voice his opinion about before the game ended and I think he picked the wrong play. Kind of like when you're short stacked in poker, the blinds are getting bigger and bigger, and you have to decide the right hand to go all-in on; sometimes you don't have the cards you'd prefer, but you just go with it.

So....putting all of this in context, combined with the fact that all he's really guilty of is coaching the officials to "not quit" (I don't think any magic words were used), I think the one technical here is fine. It was certainly needed and warranted. A second one? Nope.

It's not the words. For me, he's got his 2nd T before he's sitting on the bench saying "don't quit."

[Welpe]

I'd send a coach in a HS game for doing that. That's just too far over the top to "manage" away. And we have to answer to both our assigner and the state for ejections. There's plenty of accountability here.