had to do it!

[bucky]

Originally Posted by RedAndWhiteRef

I'm still short of qualifying this as baiting. I'm interpreting "you, coach the team" as kind of like saying "you do you coach" and assuming he knew the rule.

Since when is it the official's responsibility to remind a coach of the rules?

Seriously, what am I missing here?

Say what? We remind coaches, players, table, spectators, etc.. all the time of the rules. (when team's reach 7 fould don't we remind them of the bonus free throw? when a coach is out of time outs, don't we remind them of that? During a timeout, don't we remind the teams at the first horn? When bench personnel are standing during regular live play, don't we remind them to sit? etc.)

When the coach said that he was going to practice the press, the official definitely should have offered a simple reminder of the league mercy rule. Preventative officiating all day long.