[bballref3966]

What's your personal favorite/most effective way of telling the head coach to keep his bench under control? A few I've tried/heard...

"Coach, I'll listen to you but not your bench."

"Coach, you're in danger of losing your box because of your bench."

"Coach, get your assistants under control." (Don't like this one very well.)

One official taught me that if the bench is misbehaving and your whistle is out of your mouth, you can put the whistle in your mouth and "act" like you are going to call the T, and that usually shuts the bench up. It actually worked the one time I tried it.