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Originally Posted by Knights_Coach
unless I'm interpreting it incorrectly
NFHS Basketball Rule Book 2014-15 Rule 10-5-5 states:
"The head coach shall not permit team members to leave the bench area and/or playing court for an unauthorized reason.
PENALTY: (Section 5) Two free throws plus ball for division-line throw-in. The foul is charged directly to the head coach. (Arts. 3, 5) Penalized if discovered while being violated. (Art. 4) Penalized when discovered. (Arts. 4, 5) Only one technical foul is charged regardless of the number of offenders.
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I think the issue is that your definition of unauthorized is way more stringent then most officials and their supervisors would ask to enforce. If they are not storming the court, going up into the stands from the bench, interfering with play etc (things Coach wouldn't and clearly couldn't authorize) we accept the movement is authorized. Player wants to refill water bottle, head to locker to cool off metaphorically or literally, get meds/tape etc. We work on the assumption that all those absences are authorzied; if the coach is not stopping them or uspet by their absence or movement then they are ok with it. So the player leaving the floor to go to the locker room is authorized.
Now, the player needing to be supervised which is why the official brought them back is not a penalty tech, just needs to be taken care of. Your official chose to take care of the entire process himself instead of reminding the coach to take care of it.