Can a coach be givin two unsportsmenlike penalties at one time?

[HLin NC]

In that vein JKohls, I was working a non-conference game last year or so where the visiting teams' QB paraded by the home sideline with his #1 finger triumphantly in the air and had some choice words to his hosts after they had scored a TD. The WH promptly flagged the USC and ejected Mr. Visiting QB for taunting.

From that moment on, any bit of exuberence displayed by the home team resulted in Mr. Visiting Headman hollering "excessive celebration, excessive celebration!" Finally after a play he steps onto the field and yells "Where's the flag??!! I landed a beauty at his feet and said "right there coach". He was much relieved when I told the WH, "Nah, make it a sideline warning". He got my message and backed off.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

From that moment on, any bit of exuberence displayed by the home team resulted in Mr. Visiting Headman hollering "excessive celebration, excessive celebration!" Finally after a play he steps onto the field and yells "Where's the flag??!! I landed a beauty at his feet and said "right there coach". He was much relieved when I told the WH, "Nah, make it a sideline warning". He got my message and backed off.

You softie, bending the sideline warning rule for him and all!

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by Welpe

You softie, bending the sideline warning rule for him and all!

There's stupid and there's STUPID, and what separates the two is often best confined to what's happening within a specific game. We all have a line that shouldn't be crossed, but that line should be flexible encough to accomodate the circumstances of the game you're working.

It's not usually a good idea to throw a flag, or decide which penalty applies, because of something that happened last weekend.