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Under NFHS rules, the coach is allowed to cross the floor and talk to the R1 for an explanation of the previous play in a time-out dead ball situation. The sanction of yellow card (warning and coach looses the right to stand while coaching her team) progressed to red with her obnoxious behavior (loss of point) and then to disqualification when she left the rulebook on the stand.
At this point, she should have been removed from the gym, and the the set point is awarded because of the DQ.
I believe that the R1 handled the situation correctly, but that we all can learn from watching how the R2's communication with the coach during the substitution procedure was inadequate. Properly communicating about what looks like a second attempt to substitute during the same dead ball should have indicated why the substitution was denied. This could have prevented the escalation of sanctions.
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