Coach assisting player back into court...anything?

[SNIPERBBB]

Nope. Did you ask him which rule he was using?

[MechanicGuy]

Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB

Nope. Did you ask him which rule he was using?

I didn't have a chance before it was reported, and I wasn't entirely certain he was in the wrong. And I'm not going to overrule a partner unless I'm sure.

[SNIPERBBB]

Ask at halftime/TO/ end of game.

[MechanicGuy]

Originally Posted by SNIPERBBB

Ask at halftime/TO/ end of game.

He suggested it fell under unsporting behavior, which clearly covers a wide variety of actions. It's tough because not every tech worthy offense is going to be explicitly covered.

[JRutledge]

What is unsporting about this action? Is he a baseball umpire where assisting a runner can be some level of interference? This is not baseball, so a player jumping into a bench area to save a ball or falls into the bench is not at all unsporting. It might even be that the person on the bench was reacting to having people on top of them. Usually, people will kind of "push" you back onto the court when you got to them at the bench. If this was even a problem I am sure there would be an interpretation or case play on the situation.

Peace

[MechanicGuy]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

What is unsporting about this action? Is he a baseball umpire where assisting a runner can be some level of interference? This is not baseball, so a player jumping into a bench area to save a ball or falls into the bench is not at all unsporting. It might even be that the person on the bench was reacting to having people on top of them. Usually, people will kind of "push" you back onto the court when you got to them at the bench. If this was even a problem I am sure there would be an interpretation or case play on the situation.

Peace

This was my thinking after the fact. Thankfully the offending team still won by 40, though the coach was a tool for much of the game

[UNIgiantslayers]

I don’t blame him.