2009-2010 rule changes

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

I'm nearly certain that CMCoach meant to extend the box toward (in fact, to) the end-line, not toward the division line.

The box would then be the same size as the NCAA box.

Yes, I know. I am saying that to some coaches where the box is doesn't matter. They will still be out on the floor or standing on the division line.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

I'd like to see the coaching box rule expanded so that when the HC gets a DIRECT T, not only does he/she lose the box, but must wear a sign that says: "I'm a howler monkey and got whacked for it!"

And the sign is stapled to his forehead.

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

And the sign is stapled to his forehead.

Appropriate mechanic needing to be the partner who did not whack him gets to do the stapling. In three-man, rotate again so the third official is the "innocent" party and gets to watch the coach bleed to death behind him/her.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

.....gets to watch the coach bleed to death.....

You're assuming coaches are flesh and blood creatures. I have evidence they are really aliens. Do these look like human beings to you?

[Terrapins Fan]

Expand the coaches box to 28'. Don't allow the coaches to complain any more than they do, but if they are coaching, let them stand where they would like.

You could give them the entire length of the court and they would still violate the coaching box. They would be on the floor more than they are now.

Rules are made to be broken according to the coaches mindset. JMO

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

You're assuming coaches are flesh and blood creatures. I have evidence they are really aliens. Do these look like human beings to you?

That was a scary montage of coaches, errrr, aliens. If they don't bleed, then they ooze whatever it is they ooze. Still a sloppy mess in the end.

[WreckRef]

Originally Posted by Ref Ump Welsch

I'd like to see the coaching box rule expanded so that when the HC gets a DIRECT T, not only does he/she lose the box, but must wear a sign that says: "I'm a howler monkey and got whacked for it!"

I'll take it a step further. I suggest that when a coach whines about a rule and is incorrect, he/she has to wear a dunce cap for the remainder of the game.

I see it now, no more coaches complaining about rules unless they are 1000% sure they know what the rule actually is.

[ranjo]

Eliminate 8 minute quarters and go to 16 minute halves.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by WreckRef

I'll take it a step further. I suggest that when a coach whines about a rule and is incorrect, he/she has to wear a dunce cap for the remainder of the game.

And they wouldn't even need a chin strap to keep it on, since their heads are pointed anyway.