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I think it really denpends on the level of game and what the coach is doing. I myself do not do many lower level games anymore (just too much to do), but until they made me keep the coach in the box, I really didn't care where he/she went if they were coaching their team. Assistants were treated somewhat differently, although if they got up to give a command and sat back down, I rarely said anything.
But, at a middle school (un-official game that is) or lower level, I look upon that as an instructional league. The kids are there to learn, so help them learn. Do let them know that there are people out there (officials) that will make them sit down, cause that's what is in "THE BOOK", but those people are where they are for a reason. Most of them don't have the mentality to officiate anything above rec ball. They have "rabbit ears" and a temper to match (usually) and have no business on the court in the first place. But, since some of us have moved on to bigger and better things, someone has to do those games for 10 bucks or so!
IF an assistant gets up to teach, let him/her do it. If he gets up and tries to teach ME, then "Houston, we have a problem".
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