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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Just be careful with the "seatbelt" rule. Even after getting "seatbelted", the head coach may still stand within the coaching box to request a timeout or signal his players to request a time-out; may stand and/or leave the coaching box to confer with personnel at the scorer’s table to request a timeout for a correctable error, or a timing, scoring or alternating-possession mistake to be prevented or rectified; may stand within the coaching box to replace or remove a disqualified or injured player or player directed to leave the game; may stand during a charged time-out, or the intermission between quarters and extra periods; may stand to spontaneously react to an outstanding play by a team member or to acknowledge a replaced player, but must immediately return to his seat.
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Yeah, I understand with these circumstances. I actually did just check the rulebook about the "seatbelt" rule. He was not standing to do any of those, he was standing pretty much to either watch the game or give out instructions to his player, which all warrants another technical. But yes, I have reflected on it and I probably should have given him another technical for not heeding my first several warnings when I told him to sit. Maybe he just didn't know that a technical takes away his coaching box and was wondering why I kept telling him to sit. I know ignorance of the rule is not a good excuse, but for something like this I wanted to make sure he got it by going face-to-face with him about it. Then, after that, if he would have stood up I would have given him a technical and put in the report that he had too many warnings, including the face-to-face I had with him to make sure he was aware of it.