Good T/Or Time Out?

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Why is it so difficult for people to enforce this rule?

You are certainly welcome to T the coach for this in your game. And you certainly have clear rules backing.

Just like you do for calling three seconds.

I note this POE lists Coaching Box under Sporting Behavior. I see no sporting behavior issues in the OP. The POE mentions a coach influencing play by being out on the court. In the OP the ball is dead. The POE discusses coaches who continually abuse the coaching box. In the OP the coach has been out of the box twice in 31 minutes, once by only a foot.

Am I looking for justification for not calling a T here? Not really. Just pointing out that the OP is hardly the poster child for a must have T.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

Just pointing out that the OP is hardly the poster child for a must have T.

Obviously, I disagree or I wouldn't have posted what I did.

Originally Posted by PIAA REF

... when I say court I mean he is standing 8-10 feet on the court.

[Indianaref]

With all due respect to Nevadaref, I would take the course of action laid out by BITS.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Indianaref

With all due respect to Nevadaref the NFHS, I would take the course of action laid out by BITS.

Fixed it for ya.

[muxbule]

I agree if he's been a jerk it is an easy call but if not, what is wrong with walking over to him and walking him back to the box as you remind him about the coaching box. I've seen it done and it works. Then further action is easy because he knows you're in control on the court.

[ma_ref]

Originally Posted by Indianaref

With all due respect to Nevadaref, I would take the course of action laid out by BITS.

I agree. If the coach was being an a$$ most of the game, and since he'd been warned previously then I'd whack him. Or if he came onto the court to give you a piece of his mind over a call you just made, ditto. But if he's just coaching his kids (maybe since it's a close game the crowd is loud and it's tough to hear in the gym), then I remind him he needs to stay in the coaching box. If you T him here, then you pretty much have to call everything else by the book: 3 seconds, defender breaks the throw-in plane with a fingertip, etc...

You'd absolutely have just cause, but I think common sense has to come into play. You're penalizing his kids in a close game, for probably nothing more than a momentary slip of the mind that had no bearing on you or the game.