At high school level, do you allow assistant coaches to stand and yell at officials?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Since when?

Bench personnel, including the head coach, shall not:
Stand at the team bench while the clock is running or is stopped,
and must remain seated, except:
a. The head coach as in 10-5-1.
b. When a team member is reporting to the scorer's table.
c. During a charged time-out, as in 5-11, or the intermission between quarters
and extra periods.
d. To spontaneously react to an outstanding play by a team member or to
acknowledge a replaced player(s), but must immediately return to his/her
seat.

Originally Posted by Rich

Billy, even for you that's a silly response. He can also stand during timeouts, halftime, and if he raises his hand and says "Mother, may I?"

Rich is right, Billy. This is just goofy, given the obvious context. It's right up there with "coaches don't call timeouts, they request them" and getting hung up on "endline" vs "baseline."

[BlueDevilRef]

Originally Posted by Adam

Rich is right, Billy. This is just goofy, given the obvious context. It's right up there with "coaches don't call timeouts, they request them" and getting hung up on "endline" vs "baseline."

Endline or baseline? I'm given to assume thems fightn words round these here parts.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Adam

... the obvious context ...

The context is very obvious, and the statements to not allow assistant coaches to stand and complain are very true, but simple statements like, "They are not allowed to stand" can lead to some basketball myths, and as many here on the Forum know, I hate such myths.

Also. What rule basis do we have for allowing head coaches more latitude to complain than assistant coaches? I get the no standing part, it's in the rules, but what about the complaining part?

[UNIgiantslayers]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Also. What rule basis do we have for allowing head coaches more latitude to complain than assistant coaches? I get the no standing part, it's in the rules, but what about the complaining part?

The part where our association and state powers-that-be are constantly sending memos urging us to be good game managers. If you'd like to start the precedent of not allowing the coach more latitude because it's not in the rule book, I have a feeling you're not going to like your future schedules.

I understand that you're playing devil's advocate here, but going against common sense doesn't further conversation a whole lot.