Coach talking trash!!

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Originally Posted by Scrapper1

But he is absolutely competing with his peer on the other bench.

That has nothing to do with this scenario.

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

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.

And absolutely inappropriate (we agree on this, I know), regardless of what was being said by the player. The only thing the coach should do in this instance is attempt to draw the officials' attention to the problem.

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

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.

This has nothing to do with morality and everything to do with appropriate adult behavior as defined by the NFHS and our education system.

If a kid in the hallway during school punches another kid, he gets suspended. If a teacher punches a kid, he gets fired. To me, it's the same principle on the basketball court.