Coach Interference

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by frezer11

And then for the second quote, why would the coach not be able to stand behind the bench during a timeout? Is this because he's out of the defined timeout area? Would there be any advantage possible gained, or just a letter of the law enforcement on that?

Why would anybody care where s/he is during a timeout? Seems the only concern of officials as to where anybody stands during such a time would be to make sure nobody else is snuck into the game, and that there's no funny business between opposing team members.