This is a tough call coach. If the coach isn't beckoned onto the court and he doesn't reach the player, I probably will let her stay in the game. I'm certainly not going to T the coach up for coming on the floor, either. When players go down, you as a coach know that your concern for their well-being out weighs your judgement. I don't think that these two situations are necessarily related. You yourself quoted the rule that the player must be subbed for if the coach is beckoned on the court which didn't happen here. If we are going strictly by the book, we would have to T the coach up for coming on the floor. One which most refs will pass on.
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