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CONSISTENCY is the key, in these situations. If a coach is OCCASIONALLY out of his box COACHING, our crew will remind him to get back into his box. At the same time, it can be an unfair advantage for a coach to be able to run up and down the sidelines communicating with his team ESPECIALLY if the gym is particularly loud.
As a COACH, I HATED the introduction of the coaching box. At the same time, having one coach abiding by the rule while the other one is doing his impression of Gary Williams does provide an unfair advantage.
If a referee crew completely ignores the coaching box during tournament play, they will definitely be dinged in the post game. On the other hand, issuing a technical foul without warning will likely yield a comment in the post game as well.
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