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I agree. I work in Wisconsin, where only the varsity head coach has box privileges. We'll never have a 28' box here, but I hear the a 14' box may be coming.
But I would have a full 28' box at all levels with the seatbelt coming after a technical. Coaches do not bother me, and as long as they weren't using the box to follow mw down to the baseline to work me during a live ball, it wouldn't bother me having the coach there.
I've called one varsity head coach technical this season -- his butt was in his chair at the time. I can't say the same about his feet -- he was pounding the floor with them and having a nice tantrum.
For the gentleman who has called 2 varsity technicals in seven years: I think that, like baseball ejections, having less technicals over a certain period of time doesn't really mean much. I've seen outstanding officials who end up with a lot of technicals mainly because of the howler monkeys they get stuck with.
I think we have less in the prep season mainly because varsity head coaches know they simply can't afford to get technicals. In many schools, a technical would land a teacher/coach in some hot water. And ejection could be a career-limiting experience.
Rich
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