Musical Coaches ...

[scrounge]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

I am sorry, but there are no Acting HCs. I do not care if this a JV game, a Varsity should know how to conduct him/herself as HC.

MTD, Sr.

I'll be honest, I don't understand this comment. I didn't read in the OP that the varsity HC acted improperly or was unsportsmanlike or anything. She just performed normal HC duties since the actual HC wasn't there yet. Upon his arrival, he assumed his duties and she properly became a silent assistant. I mean, if the HC was there but just let her run the show till he decided to speak up, I'm with you, but he physically wasn't even there.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

I do not care if this a JV game, a Varsity should know how to conduct him/herself as HC.

Originally Posted by scrounge

I'll be honest, I don't understand this comment. I didn't read in the OP that the varsity HC acted improperly or was unsportsmanlike or anything.

Don't shoot the messenger. As much as I hate defending Mark T. DeNucci, Sr., it was my fault, inserting some extraneous information about how acting as head coach in two games that night could double her exposure to the chance of getting ejected from the game, which carries a great penalty here in Connecticut.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

... in Connecticut, if she happens to accidentally say the wrong word to the wrong inexperienced junior varsity official at the wrong time in the junior varsity game, she may be out of the junior varsity game that night, the varsity game that night, and the next junior varsity game (not even allowed on the bench). Yeah, I know it's up to her (she's an adult) to stay out of trouble in any game she coaches ...

Note: For the record, the varsity head coach was extremely well behaved during the five periods that she "coached" that night.

[scrounge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Don't shoot the messenger. As much as I hate defending Mark T. DeNucci, Sr., it was my fault, inserting some extraneous information about how acting as head coach in two games that night could double her exposure to the chance of getting ejected from the game, which carries a great penalty here in Connecticut.

ah, gotcha...yea, i got that mixed and was thinking of the OP, agree with you and Mark on that one.

Haven't really ran across it in basketball but had a handful of times in baseball (summer, not school) where the nominal HC isn't really the HC, but he was the guy at the plate meeting. Last summer, 3B coach doesn't like a call and begins to come down when I said "coach, return to your box, if the head coach has a question, I'll discuss with him". He says "I AM the head coach". I took particular pleasure in answering back "You weren't at the plate meeting, sir, so not for this game you're not". He stopped, recognizing I had him on that, but I could tell he was absolutely fuming inside as his hapless assistant/nominal HC came out to get the explanation. Which pleased me to no end.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by scrounge

... handful of times in baseball where the nominal HC isn't really the HC, but he was the guy at the plate meeting. Last summer, 3B coach doesn't like a call and begins to come down when I said "coach, return to your box, if the head coach has a question, I'll discuss with him". He says "I AM the head coach". I took particular pleasure in answering back "You weren't at the plate meeting, sir, so not for this game you're not".

Originally Posted by scrounge

I mean, if the HC was there but just let her run the show till he decided to speak up, I'm with you, but he physically wasn't even there.

Were both baseball coaches physically present at the site when the plate meeting was held? My original post involved a situation in which one of the basketball coaches was late to the site due to rush hour traffic problems.

[scrounge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Were both baseball coaches physically present at the site when the plate meeting was held? My original post involved a situation in which one of the basketball coaches was late to the site due to rush hour traffic problems.

Yea, they were both there, i was just throwing that out as an example when the HC is acting as an asst and behaves like he thinks he's still HC. Now I'm muddying the waters!

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by scrounge

Now I'm muddying the waters!

Not really. Here on the Forum we have discussed co-head coaches in a basketball game, and decided that only one of the pair would be allowed the rights and privileges of the head coach, no switching back and forth during the game. I believe that any Forum discussion regarding this implied that both were physically at the site.

[Altor]

For those that would not allow "switching" the HC mid-game. Would you allow this?

Asst. coach tells you before the game the HC will not make it on time. AC agrees that he will not use the coaching box and officials should not honor time-out requests from the bench (the players have been instructed to request timeouts if they hear the AC ask for one). When the HC does arrive, he will use the box and request TOs as normal.