Survey Says ...

[frezer11]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I love the extended coaching box. If coaches aren't standing in front of the table blocking the view of the scorekeeper as I report fouls, I can just ignore where they're standing. I've gone all season without ever saying, "Hey coach, can you please stay in the box". Not even once. One less irritant between me and the coaches.

To me, this seems to imply that you have coaches coming out of the box past the 28 foot line, which is not the direction the box was extended? If I'm reading that right, then you are still having the same issue as before. I have no issue with the extension of the coaches box, but if coaches were out of their box in the past, it was almost always on the half-court side, not the baseline side, so that rule change didn't make a big difference in games that I saw.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by frezer11

... but if coaches were out of their box in the past, it was almost always on the half-court side, not the baseline side, so that rule change didn't make a big difference in games that I saw.

Our inconsistencies have always been with coaches down on the endline. Some of our officials tolerated it, others didn't. All of us here in my little corner of Connecticut were always on the same page regarding the other direction, if they're near the table, walk them back.

With the new rule, we've cut our problems in half.

[LRZ]

PA just got access to the survey. Too binary, "yes" or "no." Needs a third option, "who cares?"

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by LRZ

PA just got access to the survey. Too binary, "yes" or "no." Needs a third option, "who cares?"

Can't you just skip the question?

[LRZ]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Can't you just skip the question?

I did--repeatedly.

[Rich]

Based on the results of the football survey, I am just not bothering to complete these from now on. The rules committee just does what it wants anyway.

[Raymond]

6. Adding a rule to allow a coach to request a time-out near the end of the game to allow for bench personnel to enter the game – and only for that purpose.

This sounds like a good idea.

[scrounge]

Originally Posted by Rich

Based on the results of the football survey, I am just not bothering to complete these from now on. The rules committee just does what it wants anyway.

It does seem to be that way, yes. If sizable majorities of both coaches and officials are in favor of multiple rules changes, and none of them get passed? What's the point?