[Skahtboi]

As a footnote to this, I worked a HS tournament this weekend. On this particular game, I was the BU and my partner was the PU. Coach from the "home" team comes out and asks my partner at the beginning of the game, "Do you want to know when I send my DP in to play defense. I will be putting her in and taking her out on defense throughout the game."

My partner's reply, "No coach. I don't care what you do on defense. Just bring me the offensive changes."

I interrupted and said, "Yes coach, he really does want to know when the DP goes in and out on defense."

Coach replied, "I thought so."

I then informed my partner that he needs to know all subs, and that IF the DP went in to play defense for the FLEX, that he would have a substitute situation. He came back with the old "any of the nine can play defense line," which I told him meant that the FLEX has to play defense. If she isn't in the line-up on defense, then it is a substitution. He still wanted to argue, so I asked him to just trust me on this, and check the book after the game.

I don't know if he ever checked the book or not. If he didn't, then he missed a learning moment. However, I was heartened by the fact that the coach seemed to have a grasp on the rule, even if my partner didn't.