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Message: [QUOTE="Cowtown, post: 2126398, member: 2350"] Yes, there was also a coach in a round of 64 game this year who got too far out on the court, yelling to his players. The ref gently but firmly walked him back to the sideline, which was good solid move by the ref. No whistle, no T, no problem downstream from there. For the most part, the refs don't want to make a call there (unless it's warranted) for a couple of reasons. It draws attention to themselves over something that's not really relevant to the game on the floor - the competition between the players - which is the real reason everyone is there: players, coaches, refs, fans. Also the leagues/associations have a policy on how that's to be handled, and that's how the two refs we're talking about here handled it. For if you step outside the guidelines set by the boss or the powers that be, you don't get any more good games. Because if you're not on the same page as everyone else, you're going to cause a problem. [/QUOTE]