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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
why do we punish them further by constraining that coach to a seatbelt because he can't be the "head coach." There is a reason to restrict who stands, but once again, the NFHS rulebook is not meant to be used in this manner to handle these kind of situations.
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Nobody's being punished, Coach. The rule is clear. It's 1-13-2 NOTE. It says explicitly who may use the box. And it's the head coach, period. If the head coach is gone, then nobody uses the box.
If the head coach says before the game, "My knee's pretty sore tonight, so I'm not going to be standing, but my assistant's going to use the box," that would not be allowed either. If you get some wiseguy who says the team has CO-head coaches, that wouldn't be allowed either. The coaching box is for one person per game, and that's the HEAD coach. Nobody's being punished in these situations. It's just the rule.