Tech on Coach situation

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Originally Posted by KSRef07

Oh, I see. I'll look up "blatant" in the rules book.

The fellow asked if I ignore fouls. I said yes - good judgement requires that sometimes. He stated ignoring fouls does not relate to judgement. A blanket statement. I simply posed a scenario in which ignoring DOES equal judgement.

The reality is, a stupid dunk before a game gives no team an advantage - the rule is there to protect the equipment. It is minor. You address it by telling them not to dunk. The same goes with being 6 inches outside the box. Ok, what if he's 2 feet outside the box - is that "blatant disregard"? No.

Judgement.

I believe the rule is there to protect the player, the equipment and the school. IMO most rules are added to the book because Coaches will not or choose not to enforce them. This also includes tucking shirts, jewelry, etc. The coach may not want to offend his star player, so he puts it off on the officials to enforce by asking for it to be added to the rules... JMO.

Why not coach the players NOT to dunk during warmups? Discipline them if they do. Save it for practice or off campus.