Firstly, the administration meeting at the beginning of the game has nothing to do with staying in your 4 ft. coaches box. Which doesnt take place at all the games..only the first varsity game of the night, on a regular seasoned game, not in a tourney. In the administration meeting they refer to what to do in case of problems introduce everyone, and make sure the players are properly equipped. If the ref does decide to make a big deal about the coaches box in the Admin. meeting, you know your in for a long long long game...
Secondly, I have never seen a t given over something so petty without AT LEAST 2 or 3 warnings about it. If it has it was a rookie ref, and what's a rookie ref doing in a district tournament anyway.
Lastly, if you read my post you would have seen that I said it was the rear official. It wasn't his call, what's he doing turned around anyway, he needs to be watching the game, that is his job, right? He shouldn't have been worried about whether or not the coach was in his box. That's the most rediculous thing I've ever heard, well, until i heard it defended.
I remember at the beginning of the year before we ever played our first game we had a meeting with TSSAA discussing rule changes. The topic of Tech's are guaranteed to come up. I remember one of the comments made, which may have been by Bernard Childress, was this, "...if they are going to have the guts to call a tech., then they need to have the guts to stand over by the coach, and answer questions if he has them...."
If you think some refs, notice i said some, don't come to the game with some kind of attitude, ready to T you up for any little thing your kidding yourself. Their are some out there and there will always be some out there.. I'm sorry but no matter how hard you try, you will not be able to make me believe that the Tech i was talking about was reasonable..