After the coach is gone...

[Adam]

Originally Posted by referee99

10.5.3 refers to the Head Coach. Our Asst. Coach is not the head coach, right?
So, by rule there can be no penalty here, even if player A12 makes it onto the floor, due to lack of awareness of his disqualified status.

Only option is to send player back to the bench.

Also, since there is no Head Coach, none of the actions described in 10.5.1 can be undertaken by our Asst. Coach? Specifically, 10.5.1(c) The head coach may stand and/or leave the coaching box to confer with personnel at the scorer's table to requst a time-out as in 5-8-4.

I disagree. There are too many HC responsibilities to let the game continue without someone to do it.
1. Requesting timeouts from the bench. By your reasoning, it can't be done all game after the OP sitch.
2. Responsibility for the behavior of bench pesonnel. No one to charge an indirect T to when B24 pops off at the end of the bench.
3. Correctible errors. Unless you claim HC's disqualification precludes the team from correcting errors. Personally, I highly doubt this is the Fed's intent.

[Juulie Downs]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I disagree. There are too many HC responsibilities to let the game continue without someone to do it.
1. Requesting timeouts from the bench. By your reasoning, it can't be done all game after the OP sitch.
2. Responsibility for the behavior of bench pesonnel. No one to charge an indirect T to when B24 pops off at the end of the bench.
3. Correctible errors. Unless you claim HC's disqualification precludes the team from correcting errors. Personally, I highly doubt this is the Fed's intent.

Good points, although I don't see a problem with #1...