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Originally posted by DownTownTonyBrown
The rule is you can't be on the court (out of the coach's box).
You were already letting him be out of the box so essentially you had already decided not to T him for this rule violation. And perhaps it was appropriate. He wasn't harping on you; he was coaching his kids in a very noisy gym.
You can't T him because you collided with him - that's not a rule.
The collision was incidental and surely not intentional. I say you should have busted butt and covered the play for your partner and forgot about a T-bone.
After the collision, regroup; call an official's time if your partner needs it to collect himself. Tell the coach he really needs to stay closer to home and definitely shouldn't be on the court or out in front of the table. Then finish your game.
I doubt either team, fans, or players, or anyone would have wanted a technical foul called. It would probably have been a disruption rather than an improvement to the game. The coach may have been humbled if you had called a T, but he may very well have become angry now and made the rest of the game a hell for you. I think the right thing happened without a T.
Just my quarter's worth.
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Intentional or not the coach has no business being on the floor if not at least for the safety issue (as proven in this sitch) of causing collisions with players or officials.
If your state uses a coaches box then you should be reminding the coach to confine himself to that area. It's not a case of being over officious by having these coaches adhere to Rule 10-5. Too often I see a coach being allowed to roam the sideline simply because
he is not chirping but coaching even though the box is there. Collisions like the one in the original sitch could be much more serious and lead to injury that should have been avoided.
More equals Less:
More prevention (pre-game reminders) + more enforcement (game time direction) = Less T's and collisions.