Ref not Reffing Trying to Ref. OK??

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by reddevil19

This is where I see a problem. As it was, A25 didn't "leave the bench" in the first place. A25 was waiting to sub at the table when the jump-ball was called. At the moment I saw that he looked like he might wander onto the court, I stood up and reached across the table and physically pulled him back onto the "X" and told him to kneel there until everything had stopped, so that nobody would think he left the bench.

If he didn't wander on to the court how could you have pulled him back on to the X?

That said...if the JV guys were really screwing this up I sort of like that the V ref stepped in to help them if they were in over their heads. "Hey fellas, move away from the coaches and make your ruling" is great advice in this sitch. But I really don't like that they inserted themselves in the final ruling.