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[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

I disagree. The coach has every right to find out the proper rule interpretation. If the official on the court can't provide it for him, then why shouldn't he look it up in the book? Afterall, the summer is the time for learning and that applies to coaches too.

BITS misspoke and knows it. All that an official in his situation has to do is say, "Yep, coach that right. It is shoulders. I mistakenly said hips, but what he did was still illegal." Then move on with the game. Turning this into a technical foul situation is clearly making a bigger deal out of it than warranted.

At the risk of you taking this personally I'll respond. Hopefully you'll decide not to slit your wrist.

I disagree, sort of.

The baseball umpires have a great tradition of dumping any coach who even looks at a rule book during a game.

The best we can do is ignore him, which is what BITS should have done.

"Hey ref, it sez in this here rule book..."

"Sorry coach, I don't debate the rules."