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Originally posted by BigJoe
Pennsylvania Coach,
Why do you suppose the coaches are seatbelted in your state throughout the game? Did they try the coaching box and it didn't work or did the mighty officials union in your state get the box taken away before you got it?
Also, could you tell us from a coaches perspective, what difference it is going from two whistles during the whole season and then having three man crews in the playoffs? Our state probably won't go to three man in the playoffs unless they have three man throughout the season.
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I have no idea why the rule is that way. This is my 7th year in coaching, and it's always been that way. I don't remember coaches in high school standing, but I don't know if the rule was in place then.
It'd be difficult at some of the schools to stand and not be on the court. Probably one-third of the schools in our league have the bleachers that pull out from the wall and when fully extended, are three feet or so from the sideline.
My first year as an assistant coach, we qualified for the playoffs. In our first 21 games, we averaged 14 fouls per game, with a low of 8 and a high of 22. In our playoff game (the three-man game), we had 34. We were convinced at the time that each ref calls as much as they usually do, but since there are three of them, well, there are 50% more calls. However, since then, I've not noticed anything like this in a playoff game. It's gotta be tricky for the officials, however.