The Official Forum - View Single Post - Assistant coach off of bench yelling at partner

truerookie · #30 (**permalink**) Wed Dec 07, 2005, 01:06pm

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Originally posted by Nate1224hoops

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Originally posted by truerookie

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Originally posted by ColdShot
If the assistant does *not* leave the bench, asks for a call,
but does not scream, what is an appropriate response?

I agree with a lot of what has been said already. It depends on how far off the bench the AC was and what his tone is/was? If he was showing an official up then T him immediately; however, dont be too quick to hit the TWEETER and hand out a T. I never speak to AC just to HC's. If you give the HC and stern stiff warning such as: "you are the only one allowed up off the bench and your AC needs to have a seat and stop yelling...if not its gonna cost you your box." I know this will work. I just recently, this year, started coaching and hung the wistle up for a few years. In our game last night, I was all over the place, coaching from tip to final horn. I was never yelling at an official or even asking for a call, just coaching my players. I was outta the box more than in, but I was coaching. I think officials will grant you this as long as your not at mid court screaming at them....coaching is one thing and lobbying for calls is another.

The reason I say this is because I value my priviledge as a coach to walk the sideline and COACH. Most coaches do. So if you, as an official, issue a stern warning to a HC about his AC, then most of the time the HC will take care of the situation.

You stated it yourself, you are in violation of a rule out of coaching box. Did the officials cover the coaching box with you in their pregame? Stern warning issue in pregame with coaches.

The conduct you describe is a POE this year. Discipline, yourself to stay within the confines of the box.

As I said, I am not officiating this season, I'm coaching. So I wasnt at the meetings this year. The way I see things is this...if a coach is outta the box yelling at an official about a call then get him/her back in the box...but if a coach is coaching the game then nothing is being hurt IMO. I was told by the 2 officials working the game last night that if the opposing coach complains about me being out of the box then it would be a problem...but as long as I was coaching and not yelling at them they were fine with it.

You can coach from within the box. Coach, it is large enough. This is a common problem. The coach is not bothering me he/she can do whatever they like. In the state which I reside (Missouri) regardless if the coach is just coach he/she is required to stay within the confines of the coaching box period. It should not take another coach to complain for the rule to be enforced. For Example, I was the opposing coach and I see that you are getting away with something illegal like being out of the box. I am going to do the same thing which is going to cause a snowball effect on the game. Not only do the official have to worry about the 10 player and action on the court. They are going to have to worry about managing two coaches on the sidelines as well. Thus, making it to be a very long night.