Another handling coaches question

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I think it is up to the officials on the court to handle it. We don't benefit from people in the stands interacting with coaches and the table. Your motives were pure, but no good deed goes unpunished!

One of the burrs under my saddle are the ubiquitous fans who yell "the score is wrong" for days on end. Good grief, each team has umteen managers and assistants keeping stats/score ... if they have an objection, they won't keep it a secret.

Regarding the coach's actions ... he/she cannot be at the table for that reason (he/she can be there to request a timeout, but cannot implement the scoring change), so the officials need to inform him/her of that and get him/her back to the bench. Obviously, the table should not make a change without conferring with the officials

Any time a coach is at the table, I get in on the conversation. I try to protect the table folks from abuse, they (the table) can be a tremendous ally or a deadly enemy to a well-administered game, so I try to keep them on my side.