case 10.5.1 Sit C

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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

What possible good can come out of a coach being at the scorers table illegally in the real world?

Ok, I see the reason for our misunderstanding. I'm sorry. This whole conversation started because somebody asked WHY the head coach can't approach the table (with some exceptions). The origninal poster asked:

Originally Posted by Splute

can anyone honestly tell me why a coach cannot inquire for this info during these instances, but anyone else can?

I think Bktballref's comment (nothing good can come from it, he's just there to complain) was an attempt to answer that question. Personally, I don't think that coaches go to the table to complain. I think they normally go to check and/or verify something.

So my comment should've said, "If it weren't against the rules, I don't think there would be too many problems with coaches going to the table". Your comments were all made with the understandable assumption that the act itself was illegal and therefore bad. My comments were made with the assumption that we were talking about the actions at the table, rather than the coach breaking a rule to get to the table.

So yes, boys and girls, it's bad -- very very bad -- for a head coach to be at the scorer's table, except in very rare and well-defined situations. However, if it weren't against the rules, I don't think very many bad things would happen by allowing the coach to be at the table briefly to check something in the book.

Sorry for the confusion.