The best 5th foul reply from the coach

[BktBallRef]

Originally posted by BktBallRef

The rule book simply says the officials will notify the head coach when a player is disqualified. My state still has the calling official do it, especially given that the calling official stays tableside. So do many others.

Originally posted by golfdesigner
In the 2003-05 Officials Manual, which I believe is the current manual with the correct mechanics except for the change to 3-person staying table-side when reporting says:

2-person Basic Procedures and Mechanics
page 37 i. The non-calling official shall notify the coach and then the player on a disqualification and will administer substitutions

3-person Basic Procedures and Mechanics
page 69 i. The trail official shall notify the coach and then the player on a disqualification and will administer the substitutions.

I know the 3-person has now changed due to the updated mechanic to stay table-side when reporting a foul, but the 2-person mechanic says the non-calling informs.

All my games are 3 man.

However, some our association JV games are 2 man. In our 2 man games, the calling official notifies the coach. It makes no sense for the calling official to report, then make a switch with the other official, just to notify the coach. Therefore, we follow the same guidelines in 2 man as we do in 3.

There will be a lot of changes written to the Officials Manual next year.