Head coach late arrival to game

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Agree.

Do you know of any official that actually checks to see where the head coach is sitting at the start of the game?

Me...and anyone else who works for the same assignor I do...it is a point that was made very clearly that ALL aspects of the bench decorum rules were to be enforced - including that the head coach had to be seated in their box or they had no box...kinda stupid considering how big their box is, but "When in Rome..."

[mick]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Me...and anyone else who works for the same assignor I do...it is a point that was made very clearly that ALL aspects of the bench decorum rules were to be enforced - including that the head coach had to be seated in their box or they had no box...kinda stupid considering how big their box is, but "When in Rome..."

I (and others) may jog by and say

• "Do you know where you are?
• "...big box tonight."
• "Are you okay where the box is tonight?"

What aggravates me is when a T'd up coach is allowed to continue using the box.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by mick

I (and others) may jog by and say

• "Do you know where you are?
• "...big box tonight."
• "Are you okay where the box is tonight?"

What aggravates me is when a T'd up coach is allowed to continue using the box.

Agreed...I was referring to where the coach was seated or where their chair was at before we tossed the ball...once they get hit, they don't get to wander no more.

[mick]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Agreed...I was referring to where the coach was seated or where their chair was at before we tossed the ball...once they get hit, they don't get to wander no more.

Yeah, I know you were, rocky. I could live with that if it was a decree.
But since it isn't I just move 'em back with *those* words.

I did, once, have to mention the rule to a coach.

He was walking to the endline and coaching all the way down. At a time out I asked him what he was doing down there and he told me he was going to his seat. I suggested that surely he was mistaken and that wasn't his seat because of the coaching box/seat rule. He smiled like the cat with the yellow feathers in his mouth.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by mick

I (and others) may jog by and say
[*]

"...big box tonight."

M&M sez that you're going to Hell too.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Me...and anyone else who works for the same assignor I do...it is a point that was made very clearly that ALL aspects of the bench decorum rules were to be enforced - including that the head coach had to be seated in their box or they had no box...kinda stupid considering how big their box is, but "When in Rome..."

Do you have to look at where the coach is sitting though, Rocky? Are you telling me that your assignor is telling you to take the box away for the whole game if the coach is sitting more than 14 feet away from the 28' line at the start of the game?

If so, your assignor must be a Mariners' fan.