In PA you would be given one warning to stay in the box. The regional evaluators are tying enforcement of the coaches box to playoff opportunities. Around here, at least thus far this season, the box is getting special emphasis.

This is such a cop out. EVERYONE (ref, coach, fanboy) knows about the coaching box. It was re-instated (for some) so that coaches could rise and coach rather than have to sit the entire game. The name in and of itself implies the limitation that you must remain within the confines of said box or open yourself up to the prescribed penalty. Coaches receive rulebooks and instruction from their local association prior to the season, so they are fully aware of what can be penalized. It is a coaches job to know the rules and coach their team within the rules.

For some officials this is the first warning, you are quite likely to get another warning or two during the course of a game. Now multiply that by 25 games, and a coach has received this warning 50 TIMES!

Now add to this the fact that you have been a referee, you should have a complete understanding.

We were told the exact same thing (we discussed this over a month ago too). Our playoff opportunities depended on our enforcement of this rule. I have not had a problem with this rule the entire year. I have told coaches to be aware of the box and they comply. At least they do as far as I can see. I am not spending a lot of time looking at coaches anyway.

Peace

If you are out of the box and the other coach is staying in the box, then you are gaining an unfair advantage, i.e., you are able to get closer to your players then the other coach who has respect for the box boundaries.

This whole topic got beat to death on another thread a few weeks back.

Assistant coaches are made to be seen and not heard. That's my rule.

In most cases, I find that you are best to give the head coach a single chance to deal with it. They may not like you for it later on, but at the time, giving them ONE chance to deal with it makes for great game management.
The head coach will always take the bait and silence the assistant before he loses the box and gets the embarassment that goes with it.

Of course, if there are some times when the immediate whack is what's necessary. But I would suggest that letting the head coach silence the assistant works wonders and saves you the headaches.

2 steps on the floor complaining about a call, he SHOULD get a call. :)

Does this mean everyone else gets one warning each for unsporting behavior?

I thought your coach's re-game dialogue included sporting behavior by addressing the head coach, he/she is responsible for the conduct of their players, and assistant coach’s and bench personnel?

Something very similar to this happened to me on Monday night, actually. Assistant coach stayed seated, but was hollering about illegal screens a couple straight times down the floor. "They're doing it EVERY TIME! EVERY TIME! MOVING SCREEN! CALL IT!" What did I do?

I showed the assistant coach my palm. "No more."

Next dead ball, I told the head coach that, while I would listen to her, I couldn't have her assistant barking at me all night.

That ended that--no more sounds from any coach all night. It helped that my partner and I made absolutely no errors :). I will therefore stick with that technique for hushing up assistants.

That said, if any assistant is on the floor and yelling, I'm giving a T.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by TimTaylor

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I agree completely - I would have done the same in this situation. Direct T to assistant, indirect T to HC, & now they both get to sit the rest of the game.

A direct to the assistant and an indirect to the head coach? I agree with the indirect, but wasn't aware we could also issue a direct to the assistant.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BLydic

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Originally posted by TimTaylor Quote: I agree completely - I would have done the same in this situation. Direct T to assistant, indirect T to HC, & now they both get to sit the rest of the game. A direct to the assistant and an indirect to the head coach? I agree with the indirect, but wasn't aware we could also issue a direct to the assistant.

That's been in the books for years. The head coach is responsible for everybody on his bench- subs, assistant coaches, stats people, eqpt mgrs., trainers, etc. If anybody on the bench gets a T, it's a direct T charged to that person, and the coach also gets an indirect T that counts towards his bye-bye total.