Flagrant on Coach or not ?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Why did he get the first T? Did the coach do anything other than just ask why a foul was not called? Did he yell it across the court? Did he jump up and down several times? Did he throw his jacket or knock over the Gatorade container? Was he complaining the rest of the game? On the surface I do not see why the first comment required a T in the first place.

You forgot to ask above if the coach was out on the court yelling at the official. The answer to that is "yes" according to the original post.

I thought that they frowned on coaches being out their box, coming out onto the court and yelling at officials in Illinois. Guess I was wrong. Musta been another state.

[deecee]

some officials definiton of coming ON the court could be one foot just to ask the question -- and yells could be louder than normal -- but I do not see with this info why the T was called. I agree with Jrut here -- there has to be more to justify a T in this case -- did the coach come runing on the court 4, 6 even 10 feet out to make a scene or was he one or two steps on the court and just asked that question.

because like JRut said I would have 2 ejected coaches every game by half time if not the first quarter.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

You forgot to ask above if the coach was out on the court yelling at the official. The answer to that is "yes" according to the original post.

What does “on to the court” mean? The reason I say that is because depending on the gym they might have a foot onto the court and I am not going to nit pick that. Was he as the 3 point line? Was he at the FT line? There are different degrees of being on the court.

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

I thought that they frowned on coaches being out their box, coming out onto the court and yelling at officials in Illinois. Guess I was wrong. Musta been another state.

Secondly our state administrator (boy's basketball) backed off from his very strict stance last year. He wanted us focusing more on game management than give a T to a coach that has their foot out of the box. The impression that I got is if they are coaching and not being unsportsmanlike that we can warn a coach to get back into the box. I think they realized that our focus is not always on the coach and every where they stand and did not want to burden officials with such a strict policy. Or at least that is kind of what he said during this summer. I have not heard another major issue about the coaching box before the season and during the season.

Peace