Coach gets personal

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally posted by rainmaker
WE had this question at our meeting tonight.

Coach doesn't like a call. Turns and addresses the fans loudly, "Hey, is there a referee in the house?" What do you do?

Most of us said T or toss. Interpreter said, ignore.

I'd be interested in any opinions any of my learned colleagues on this board would care to express.

For the sake of this discussion I am going to assume that this incident took place during a H.S. game.

This is an immediate direct technical foul charged to the Head Coach for unsportsmanlike conduct. In the NFHS Rules Book read R4-S19-A13, R10-S4-A1e, and R10-S4-A1f (especially this last rules reference), and if my memory serves me correct in past years the NFHS Simplified & Illustrated Rules Book had an illustration showing a Head Coach ranting to the fans about the officiating as an example of unsportsmanlike conduct, but there is no illustration in this year's book.

I don't see how an official could be considered "a reactionary jerk" as one posted said. This is conduct that has to be dealt with the first time it happens, because if it isn't then the next time it could even be worse.

So as we say in the Mafia: WHACK HIM!!

MTD, Sr.