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I'm going to throw my 2 cents in as a neutral observer sitting far away. On the international level, there is almost vitually no parallel that I know of to the coaches being involved in evaluations or nominations - perhaps in some cases informally, but certainly not formally. The only exception is possibly in the Euroleague, where coaches opinions are being sought with regard to the manner in which the game should be called, and supposedly they have some effect on the evaluation process - although I haven't felt it yet.
Morevoer, we see a lot of games here on cable/satellite, including NCAA games. I am frankly appalled at the extent to which coaches are often 3-5 feet inside the court, whether they are simply coaching or ranting and raving. Calhoun at UConn particularly sticks out in my mind (if only we saw in Israel a lot of UConn games when Henefeld and Sheffer played there) and don't even get me started on that Huggins fella at Cincinatti. It's not clear to me how he lasts much longer than the tip-off.
Coach K's actions inciting the crowd - if correct - are really over the top. He'd last about 6 seconds with a lot of referees over on this side of the ocean. After coaches' boxes were installed, the Italians had a rule for awhile that if you came out of the box - for any reason whatsoever (except to go to the scorer's table per rule) - you were going to get T'ed. Believe me, those coaches adjusted real fast!
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