I dont understand coaches

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by mick
Is that another 'just cuz'?
mick

yU.P.

Actually, I think it is supported by rule, as JR pointed out. And it also filters out some of the crap that the officials would otherwise be subjected to. Imagine if assistants were allowed to discuss calls and plays with the officials. It would never stop. It would be the assistant's job so that the head coach could coach the team. By forbidding that kind of discussion with the assistant, you get a much smaller slice of crap b/c the head coach has to continue to coach his players.

That's why I always tell the assistant to "Direct any questions through your head coach." Guess how many of those questions actually get asked by the head coach? Almost none, b/c they really weren't important enough to ask in the first place. So why bother dealing them?