#and in 2016 bg was also ejected at the same time [and sandy got a tech at the timestamp] so i feel like that would have been in the story
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fun facts about technicals:
if you subtract the mercury's technicals from each season across the league, here are the totals since 2014
year, techs, [games], techs/games | merc techs [asterisk indicates merc led the league]
2024: 114 [~33] 3.45 | 33*
2023: 125 [40] 3.13 | 15
2022: 120 [36] 3.33 | 27*
2021: 95 [32] 2.96 | 13
2020: 67 [22] 3.04 | 11*
2019: 141 [34] 4.15 | 17
2018: 145 [34] 4.26 | 18
2017: 108 [34] 3.18 | 15*
2016: 101 [34] 2.97 | 22
2015: 91 [34] 2.68 | 8
2014: 81 [34] 2.38 | 11
more fun facts:
prior to 2010, the last time they led the league in techs was 1999, when they got 17, 9 of which went to hc cheryl miller, who was ejected 3 times that season.
merc also led the league in 1998 [18] and 1997 [11], when hc cheryl miller got 10 and 5 techs respectively, and one ejection each season.
in 2004, the mercs got 2 techs [franchise low] both were dt [her first season.] 2 is also the fewest number of techs she's gotten in a season when playing more than 6 games.
aside from 2015, the last time the merc got a single digit number of techs was 2007, at 6
2015 of course, is the year dt sat out [after being paid the big bucks from ekat]
the merc also led the league in techs 2010-2013
of the franchises that have existed throughout DT's entire career, she has gotten the fewest techs when playing Seattle [6] and the most techs when playing min, with 16
in 2011, the only time 2 players from the merc were assessed a tech in the same game was 6/21/11, DT and PT
There have been 10 games this season in which the merc have been asses multiple techs in one game [across coaches, the team, and players]
DT has been ejected 7 times when dressed [the website doesn't count the 2019 one where she wasn't dressed] and has had 105 regular season techs to date [120 inclusive of all star and post season]
since 2014, seattle has averaged 3.91 techs per season. from 2014-2022, they averaged 3.11 techs per season. from 2023-2024, they are averaging 7.5 techs per season
comparatively, phoenix is averaging 17 techs per season 2014-2024. if you don't look at this year, the number is 15.7
the next closest is tulsa/dallas at 14.5
#i didn't go past 2014 bc i think the style of play /reffing has probably changed since then#my hot take on the reffing this yr is that cathy said to crack down especially on anyone who was perceived to be a cc hater#bc of this whole “welcome to the league” campaign#but the thing is that if they just didn't call them no one would know#except for that one video going around twitter where you can see dt saying you've got to be fucking kidding me after the flagrant in atl#which has since been rescinded#this really showed me that there are layers to CM liking DT#ok and so this powdered donut story from the live had to be in 2007 2009 2016 or 2018 bc those were the home games#but the ejection in 2009 happened in the last minute of the game so i don't think you can eat that many donuts#and in 2016 bg was also ejected at the same time [and sandy got a tech at the timestamp] so i feel like that would have been in the story#this story tbh is not giving 2018 like if it was she would have told it differently in 2020#therefore i think it happened in 2007#phoenix mercury#the cheryl miller stats are probably my favorite#i would love to get total techs per player [i don't think the leader of that category would be a surprise]#but i want to see how other people stack up . sue for instance has 3 across her whole career#all this is courtesy of across the timeline
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