Insight on Coaches box

[truerookie]

Originally posted by Junker
My advice would be not to ask the coach to do something you're not 100% sure about. You went looking for a confrontation, in his view, for no reason. When he confronted you, you did not have the rules knowledge to explain to him why you wanted him to sit. Possibly a better way to handle it would be to talk to your partner ("Hey Partner, should we be telling this guy to sit?) or wait and look up the rule after the game. I can understand why you wanted to T the guy up, but would it have made the game better, especially considering the score. I think you did all right by not giving the T in this situation (and trust me, I'm not one to be soft on sportsmanship).

Junker,
I do have the rules knowledge believe me if I did not I would have asked my partner about the situation or I would not have said anything. I did look it up after the game and it just confirmed what I thought was Rule 10-5-1. I tabbed it as a lesson learned and I will address it in my pregame in the future with the coaches.