I was suprised by that as well.

Ben Fitz and I were discussing this in the race and got some clarification. This is what we were told:

You can get basically as many personal techs as they just count as personal fouls. Two bench techs and the coach is gone.

The only way to get ejected is if you are charged with 2 unsportsmanlike fouls.

Silly rule, and basically when Horvath and Copeland were ejected it was wrong.

thanks for clearing this up i was wondering the same thing and thought he was just trying the trick the umps at the start of the 3rd and they missed it.

Thanks for bringing this up and clearing it up.

I was stunned by it all also.

Yeah me too, I thought the second one must have been on Westover.

It was a terrific moment and reaction from the crowd when Anstey was teched and fouled out.

anyone know wat anstey got his first tech for?

i only saw the second one....

It should be two techs in a row and your out of there. Stops Idiots like Anstey continuing to Abuse the refs

Just keep teching him. At 2 FTs a pop hes gunna shut up eventually.

Thanks from me also as I was wondering why Anstey was not ejected , you can be assured that he would have been told by Westover to pull his head in . I would imagine also that he will be told to think of the team and not himself tomorrow in the office!

Interesting, only recently Heal was ejected vs Dragons with 2 technical fouls.

Hmm, didn't ever think two unsportmanlike fouls was an ejection.

I've been going to the Powerhouse/Dome for a long, long time and have seen my fair share of ejections. To me, two techs has always been an ejection, always. Happens a lot in the NBA that way.

Now, I'm not saying that is stil the rule, may have been changed, but in the past, two techs and you are out of there...

If a player is sitting on the bench and gets two tech fouls ? That is ok ?

Interesting. Guess we'd expect if a player got two techs for abusing the ref, then kicked the ball out, then elbowed a player, then abused the ref again, that he'd get sent off.
Still, that's five techs, the damage is done.

Aw, OK. Now I understand it, and, thanks.

In regards to Heal he was sent out, game waited until he left into the players race.
Both were technicals but the 2nd I believe was followed by some colourful words to the ref which saw the ref send him packing.

Technicals in the past I believe was automatic but now it is not as mentioned it is up to the referess discretion.


But is 2 unsportmanlike fouls a automatic ejection? And if so how does it work if you blatantly foul to stop the fast break (ie the auto unsportsmanlike foul) stop two fast breaks and your thrown out?

I would have loved to have seem him get ejected last night imagine how crazy the crowd would have gone if Anstey was sent to the change room.

Maybe I'm an idealist but in my opinion, two techs should equal an ejection regardless of what they're for.
Being 'out of control' is too open to interpretation, either physically or verbally.
And if you grab the player on the fast break twice...you get T'd up twice and sent out. If you're continually getting beaten by the break, switch your defense, don't rely on cheap grabby fouls to bail you out.

IMO 2 techs are wose than 2 flagrant /unsportman like / intentionals.

Techs are where you are bringing the game into disrepute / behaving like a dick or just dont shut up.

If you need to get 2 techs before you get the message to cool down then you should not be out there playing anyway.

2 unsportmans are open to interpretation, just because you make a hard playt at the ball doesn't mean that you intentionally fouled someone although that is what the ref might think.

I am yet to see someone hospitalised for a Tech Foul. I have seen plenty of players never return to the game from an USF. The rules are quite easily defined on who can get what. I think if you spent one day having a quick browse through the rule book, the whole game might make a bit more sense.

Depends on the situation

If someone is hospitaliased due to a intentional then in my experience that has lead to a direct ejection ( Brad Hill aside)

If you are doing what Anstey was doing to Phil Haines on Saturday night then that IMO should be ejection. It would be in the NBA but here i think the refs are reluctant to toss "stars" if anyone at all.

I am going to add that i think Greer should have been ejected as well after he hit Julius then when he was on the ground he went and stood over him ever so gently kicking him in the process repeatedly. ( lesson here Mr Westover is that this tactic did not work too well)

Yeah it was very confusing, il bet money that if you had different refs out there they would have ejected him thats the problem there is a lack of consistancy in the league with our average refs. Should be 2 techs and goodnight. Anstey has little control sometimes, the crowd reaction was beautiful though and did you see d-mac telling off the crowd.