Coach talking trash!!

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

But he is absolutely competing with his peer on the other bench. It's difficult to jaw with the opposing coach, but if a player is standing right in front of your bench and giving crap to one of your own players, it would be very easy to say something to that player.

Again, should he speak to the player? Obviously not. But I see no reason to consider it more grievous than a player taunting a player or a coach taunting a coach. It's taunting. Deal with it for what it is, by the rules. We shouldn't insert our own "morality" into the situation, IMHO.

Hmm. Interesting points. I think the coach should be held to a higher standard, but I'm not sure I have any rules reference for that. But I also don't think it's just "my morality". Have to figure out how to make that play out in practice.

But the OP seems flagrant to me not because it's a coach, but because of the words said. I'd call it flagrant if a player said it, too. It's the threatening and personal nature of it that seems really over the top to me. It's not just team-on-team name-calling or taunting, it's viciously and destructively aimed at a specific person. Really, really not acceptable on any level.