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Originally posted by WeekendRef
Had an issue this weekend in a AAU game which I think I handled correctly but I am not 100% sure .
Team A has a pair or real talkers for coaches and in the first 8 minutes or so both coaches question every call that goes against them . I finally had enough and walk over to the bench and ask who the Head Coach is . When the head coach replies that he is I remind him that I don't want to hear anymore from his assistant . I tell him I will speak to him (within reason) but under no circumstances will I allow the Assistant to continue to question the calls . Of course the head coach wants to know why the Asst is not allowed to "talk" to me . I remind him that he (head Coach) is the only one I have to acknowledge and one more word from the Asst and I will T him .
Fast forward to the next day same team is playing and we have no problems until half time when the Head coach tells me he read the rule book last night (Insert joke here)and I am completely wrong about the Asst coach not being able to question my calls .He does not do this in a very pleasant manner and I tell him that we can speak after the game and move away from the scorers table to center court where I can still here him telling me to be a man and admit I am wrong . I walk over again and tell him we can speak after the game and walk to center court again but to no avail . I finally T him up at half and wind up running the Asst during the second half (They were UP by 40 at the time). My partner completes the trifecta and runs a mouthy parent in the second half as well .
After my LONG story my question is :
What rule (if any) governs what the asst can or cannot do ?
Are Asst coaches legally entitled to "ride" the official ?
I would love it if someone was able to paste this rule because if there is none then that would require me to admit I was wrong to this coach (I will have him again) and that would not be pleasant .
I do not have my rule book and could find nothing in the case book....
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Assistant coaches are like children; they are to be seen and not heard.
Now that I have said my one liner of the day, the first thing one should do before any game especially AAU, YBOA, and etc. is to find out before the game starts who is the head coach. Now the official knows with whom to discuss important matters.
Does that mean officials should never converse with an assistant coach? No. I have no problem with an assistant coach asking me where the throw-in spot will be after a time-out or whether the throw-in is a designated spot or not. These are normal things that take place during the game, especially during timeouts. But other than things that are directly related to the game such as I just noted above, do not let an assistant coach get out of hand. And the best person to have deal with an assistant coach is the head coach. Just let the head coach that you do not want to hear his assistant coach and that he needs to get his bench under control. Head coaches know, or should know, that when an assistant coach gets a direct technical foul he gets a indirect one. That should get a head coach's attention.
As far as the head coach in your game, I would describe him as a horse's rear end, but that would be insulting to the two horses that my wife have owned.