[gsf23]

No, it isn't typical of the officials that I get at my games. Most of them have been very good at what they do and very accomodating when I have a question about a call or about a rule.

The point I was trying to make was that why should the coach in this situation get a rulebook? The coach didn't call over the back and didn't ask for over the back, the official did. Why hasn't someone said "that official should get a rule book then." Just seems to me that when a coach comes to this board with a question about a call, whether the call was right or wrong the coach gets told to know the rules. Again, what is the point in knowing the rules if they are going to be called wrong.

If an official makes a call, obviously he thinks that this is the right call or he wouldn't have made it. Now, what are you going to do as an official if a coach questions your application or interpretation of the rule? The coach is probably going to be told he is wrong and if persistant, will get a T. How many officials here would say, "you are right coach, my mistake." And I am talking about rules applications(like bonus free throws being awarded on a player control foul) not judgement calls (like a push or hold).