My first T

Last Saturday at Greencastle I got my first ever technical called on me. And the ironic thing is I'd been sick--I had no voice. I still have trouble talking. But still I managed to get T'd up. Go figure.

So here's the setting. We're down by about 11 or so in the fourth quarter. We hadn't played well at all, except for the second quarter which we won 12-0 (how do you shut a team out in a quarter and lose the game by double digits?). We just didn't have good defensive intensity, and offensively we played frantic and unintelligently. I was frustrated.

Right in front of our bench, there was a scrum for the ball, and it very obviously went off the leg of a Greencastle guy. I ended up catching the ball as it went out of bounds, telling my guys it's alright, good hustle, because it's still our ball. The official, who hadn't been very good, gave the ball to Greencastle. My reaction was to just pound the ball into the ground, maybe shouting no. The official didn't like that at all. As the walked by when Greencastle had the ball, one of my assistants was really yelling at him pretty good. Then, as he was about to cross half court, I mentioned (as loud as I could, which was not very) that "everyone in the gym saw that but you."

Apparently, that crossed the line. I knew it before he turned around or blew his whistle. My assistants than start laughing and cheering, congratulating me on my first one. I don't think laughing is supposed to be your response to getting T'd up, but that's what the other coaches were making me do. But it does feel like I've now entered some kind of coaching club now. My brother would be proud (he has like 4 or 5 T's)!