Mouthy Assistant Coach (Kinda long)

[ChuckElias]

JR is right, as usual; however, there is no rule that I know of that says that the assistant may not talk to you at all. Most of us don't really want to be distracted by the assistant. And we'll do what you did: tell the coach that I don't want to hear any more from the assistant.

But there's no rule that says the assistant can't respectfully address the officials. So I wouldn't ever tell a coach that "the rules say your assistant has to shut up" or something like that. I have said in the past, "Coach, your assistant is about to cost you two shots" or "Coach, your assistant is about to buy you a seat on the bench".

And if the coach comes at you with the rulebook, I'd just say "Coach, if he wants to know who the foul was on, fine. I will only discuss plays with you."