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Originally posted by Riley1996
I had to put in a bench warmer. My team only consists of 8 players, and I put in the bench warmer only because another player fouled out (2nd starter to foul out). Also, I had no timeouts. The teams only recieve one time out per overtime period, I burned mine up near the beginning after the other team went on a 6-0 run. Looking back, yes, I should have saved my time out. I KNOW I should have known the rules better...sure would have saved me some trouble. But, the ref wasn't listening to my argument anyway.
Which brings me to my next question. In the league I coach in, the coach is not permitted to stand up unless going to consult a player. What that means is that I could not very well get the referee's attention. Lets say though, that I bolted off the bench and right when I saw the ref give the ball to the girl out of bounds on the wrong team. BUT, I get the attention of the ref before the play begins and he gives me a technical. I talk to him about the error and decides in my favor. My question is, can he retract the technical?
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First, you should be commended for working so hard to coach
the game inside the league rules, a lot of guys (gals)
would have blown a gasket at this point. I think you
should have gone to the table and had the timer sound the
horn to get the ref's attention. You're allowed to do this
in the case of correctable error or scoring/bookkeeping
mistakes. I don't see how this falls squarely in either
under the rules but certainly the refs were applying the
rules incorrectly by giving the ball back to your opponent.
Having said that it's anybody's guess what would have
happened anyway, it seems these refs were pretty green.