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Originally posted by bgtg19
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Originally posted by joseph2493
That's the penalty after a T, not sure what it has to do with jerry's statement.
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The suggestion is that an assistant coach gets a T for crossing over to the other side of the court to talk to the official.
If the teams/coaches had been good that night, I'm not sure I'd want to end the game that way (despite the fact that it was *their* actions, not mine, that caused it to end that way...). If another official called a T, I would certainly respect her/his judgment. I think I'd be inclined -- again, assuming that this was all otherwise "innocent" stuff -- to tell the assistant: "Coach, you can't be over here. Even during a dead ball/timeout, a coach leaving the bench area can be assessed a technical foul." Again, assuming that it was an innocent mistake, it will never happen again.
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Innocent mistake?.....maybe at middle school or freshman levels, but not, IMHO at the varsity level. It sounds like a head game to me. The visiting team obviously wants to see the home's defensive setup & call another timeout to make adjustments. Looks to me like an attempt to suborn the officials to become part of that process.
The assistant has no right to be across the court (neither does the head coach for that matter), and can not, by rule, request a time out - only the head coach or an on court player may do so. While I agree that it would be a shame to end the game this way, calling the T is the right thing to do - to simply ignore it would be unfair to the opponent. Whether the action was a deliberate ploy, or simply stupidity in failing to keep his bench under proper control, the responsibility falls squarely on the shoulders of the head coach.