Insight on Coaches box

[mick]

Originally posted by rockyroad
Truerookie, if there's nothing spectacular going on, and the coach is just standing there, why are you initiating contact with him/her? Unless they do something to get your attention (screaming, waving arms, being a dexter-head, etc) why even pay any attention to the coach?

Good question, dj!

Truerookie is admittedly a rookie, so he is still attempting to interpolate all the rules into an easy to understand "system".

For example, if the coach had been standing long enough to get a 20-point lead, then the coaching box rule must be applicable to his State for at least that much of the game.
All of a sudden, from that mishmash of disjointed information, a rookie will remember [outa the blue (or is it gray matter)] a phrase in one of the books and after a little consideration, he acts on it,

So it is that truerookie, though he is still working on the system, has not put together R10-5-1 with Rule 1-13-2 [Note] and with the Case studies of 10.5 where they talk about 'the optional coaching box'.

New officials are just learning and using the letter, not the intent of [certain] rules? They appear to be overly officious, as truerookie obviously appeared to that coach, because all the rules have failed to blend, but will with diligence.

mick