Whacking Coaches

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by btaylor64

I just got back from our Conference clinic and it looks like a lot of coaches are going to be getting whacked. They told us if the coach leaves the coaching box that "YOU WHACK HIM". There were no ifs, ands or butts about it.

This seems pretty draconian. Have there been problems in the past with coaches not listening to warnings, or perhaps refs being sloppy about enforcing the rule?

It would seem to me that one (and one only) warning first would not be out of line and might accomplish the desired compliance.