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REPLY: From someone who's landed a 747, it's not all that difficult...except that you're roughly six stories up when you touch down! But back to the discussion at hand: If a coach asks to see my ruling in black and white, he'll need to wait till after the game. I, for one, am not disrupting the flow of the game by taking the time to find the ruling in a rule book and show it to him on the field--just to validate a ruling I know is correct. If I'm confident enough in the ruling, he'll need to trust me...at least till after the game. And for those bringing a rule book and a case book out there, what about a printout of the updated interpretations on the NFHS web site? I think it's a silly policy, IMHO. As mentioned by someone earlier, none of us know the rules perfectly. However, for 99% of the situations that arise, I will be able to apply the correct ruling--whether or not the coach believes that. For the other 1% that I don't know, chances are good that neither the rule book or case book will be explicit enough to satisfy him anyway.
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Bob M.
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