Any info on Kansas interp on standing coaches?

[SamIAm]

Did anyone get an answer to the Kansas interp on the standing coaches question?

[Jurassic Referee]

Nope. No replies to e-mails. Nothing to say either way whether K-ref was right or not. Based on the majority of his posts though.....

[Splute]

Even the UIL rulings in Texas specifically state that "the coach may stand, sit or kneel in the coaches box".... These rulings are then enforced by TASO...... seemed really odd that Kansas would be so different. I can post the link if needed.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Splute

Even the UIL rulings in Texas specifically state that "the coach may stand, sit or kneel in the coaches box".... These rulings are then enforced by TASO...... seemed really odd that Kansas would be so different. I can post the link if needed.

The wording from the website has already been posted. Coaches apparently do have to stand in Kansas. No kneeling allowed. What wasn't clear was whether a coach could stand in his box if he/she wasn't coaching(talking) but just standing there, quietly watching the game. That would be different. Let's give a "T" to a coach for not saying anything. That would be right up there with saying "That's a technical foul for kneeling in the coaching box."

[Splute]

aahhhh, that clears it up. Thanks.

[Mark Padgett]

I think their rule is that coaches must stand but cannot dunk during pregame unless kneeling.

[Mark Padgett]

Since we're into personal histories, here's mine FWIW.

I was born on November 3, 1948, the day after the presidential election at Chicago Lying-in Hospital. My home town newspaper, the Chicago Tribune, published the infamous "Dewey Defeats Truman" headline the morning I was born. The hospital is at the University of Chicago and my mother always said I was a lab experiment gone wrong.

We moved to the suburb of Chicago Heights when I was in 3rd grade and I grew up there. I went to Bloom HS (class of 65). Other "famous alumni" include Jerry Colangelo and Jim Bouton. Also, Gary Alan Carr, who was convicted of murder, extortion and kidnapping in conjunction with the Madeline Murray O'Hare family murders a few years ago. Gary and I were buddies in Jr. HS. He ran a stolen bike ring in 7th grade and actually left HS his first year to spend the rest of his boyhood in juvie detention.

In HS I played tennis and was a kicker on the football team (not actually a real player). I started HS at age 12 and was elected president of our Junior Achievement company. At the time, I was the youngest person in the organization's history ever to hold that position.

My life changed dramatically when, while attending Northern Illinois University, I was abducted by aliens and probed for a few years. I was returned to earth where I was not capable of performing any functions other than being an official.

Someday I hope to return to human form.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Since we're into personal histories, here's mine FWIW.

I was born on November 3, 1948, the day after the presidential election at Chicago Lying-in Hospital. My home town newspaper, the Chicago Tribune, published the infamous "Dewey Defeats Truman" headline the morning I was born. The hospital is at the University of Chicago and my mother always said I was a lab experiment gone wrong.

We moved to the suburb of Chicago Heights when I was in 3rd grade and I grew up there. I went to Bloom HS (class of 65). Other "famous alumni" include Jerry Colangelo and Jim Bouton. Also, Gary Alan Carr, who was convicted for murder, extortion and kidnapping in conjunction with the Madeline Murray O'Hare family murders a few years ago. Gary and I were buddies in Jr. HS. He ran a stolen bike ring in 7th grade and actually left HS his first year to spend the rest of his boyhood in juvie detention.

In HS I played tennis and was a kicker on the football team (not actually a real player). I started HS at age 12 and was elected president of our Junior Achievement company. At the time, I was the youngest person in the organization's history ever to hold that position.

My life changed dramatically when, while attending Northern Illinois University, I was abducted by aliens and probed for a few years. I was returned to earth where I was not capable of performing any functions other than being an official.

Someday I hope to return to human form.

Way, way, way TMI!!!

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Way, way, way TMI!!!

I didn't even mention my main mission here on Earth is to eradicate the dreaded Barry Manilow cult. This disease must not spread to the rest of the galaxy.

[Nevadaref]

It is a shame that some have discouraged KSref from continuing to post on this forum. The argument that developed was silly. I hope that he continues to read the forum and perhaps someday will change his mind and post again. Different viewpoints and opinions help all of us.

Best wishes to KSref for a good season.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

It is a shame that some have discouraged KSref from continuing to post on this forum. The argument that developed was silly. I hope that he continues to read the forum and perhaps someday will change his mind and post again. Different viewpoints and opinions help all of us.

Best wishes to KSref for a good season.

Couldn't have said it better. Thanks NV

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

The argument that developed was silly.

Are you talking about his stance that dunking in pre-games should be ignored by officials? And his comment that if he was still coaching, he'd make sure that anyone that called a "T" for a pre-game dunk would never work in his gym again?

The argument that developed about that was silly?

The argument about what a coach in Kansas is allowed to do in their coaching was a completely different matter. That's why we e-mailed trying to get some kind of definitive answer. Well, we never did get an answer of any kind. We did get a response from a Kansas official that said that they do have some related language in place, but basically in real life the coaching box in Kansas was being called just about the same way as it was being called in other states---->they don't care what the coach does as long as he stays in the box and leaves the officials alone.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Since we're into personal histories, here's mine FWIW.

I was born on November 3, 1948, the day after the presidential election at Chicago Lying-in Hospital. My home town newspaper, the Chicago Tribune, published the infamous "Dewey Defeats Truman" headline the morning I was born. The hospital is at the University of Chicago and my mother always said I was a lab experiment gone wrong.

We moved to the suburb of Chicago Heights when I was in 3rd grade and I grew up there. I went to Bloom HS (class of 65). Other "famous alumni" include Jerry Colangelo and Jim Bouton. Also, Gary Alan Carr, who was convicted of murder, extortion and kidnapping in conjunction with the Madeline Murray O'Hare family murders a few years ago. Gary and I were buddies in Jr. HS. He ran a stolen bike ring in 7th grade and actually left HS his first year to spend the rest of his boyhood in juvie detention.

In HS I played tennis and was a kicker on the football team (not actually a real player). I started HS at age 12 and was elected president of our Junior Achievement company. At the time, I was the youngest person in the organization's history ever to hold that position.

My life changed dramatically when, while attending Northern Illinois University, I was abducted by aliens and probed for a few years. I was returned to earth where I was not capable of performing any functions other than being an official.

Someday I hope to return to human form.

This story sounds suspicious to me. Who would have voted for you for Junior Achievement president?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by just another ref

This story sounds suspicious to me. Who would have voted for you for Junior Achievement president?

FWIW - our product that year was custom designed doormats! No, I am not kidding. The following year, we sold first aid kits. My junior year, I left J.A. because something else was taking up too much of my time. It's called "girls".

[Lcubed48]

Now, I know why I consider this alien/human a hero-o-mine. It doesn't have anything to do with his sense of humor or his use of meds.
The year of our births - 1948.
The state of our high schools - Illinois. (Bloom -1965) (Effingham - 1966).
The place of our college attendance - Northern Illinois University.