Looking for consistency

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Brad

My pet peeve is guys that don't know how to administer this rule well. It is easy to get kids to tuck in their shirts and you don't have to embarrass them or make a spectacle about it.

Not going to disagree on principle here and as the player comes on to the court, I have no problem having them "tuck it in."

I'm just saying what we've been instructed to do - it does slow the game down, "i.e. - "Coach, I need another player as this ones not ready to go." By the time the new player comes off the bench the original player has his shirt in and is ready to go. Guess their "point" is to teach the player a lesson......I'm not a big fan.

[just another ref]

If a kid is at least in the process of tucking the shirt as he enters, I say he's okay. But if this kid has his shirt totally out, and wants to enter, he's out of luck. Why is the shirttail out in the first place? If I'm the coach, I tell my entire team that if they want to play in the game, they need to be entirely ready to go in at a moments notice. This would include the shirttail.

[walter]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Not going to disagree on principle here and as the player comes on to the court, I have no problem having them "tuck it in."

I'm just saying what we've been instructed to do - it does slow the game down, "i.e. - "Coach, I need another player as this ones not ready to go." By the time the new player comes off the bench the original player has his shirt in and is ready to go. Guess their "point" is to teach the player a lesson......I'm not a big fan.

I'm not a big fan either BUT, our association and state association takes the position that the head coach is responsible for the bench personnel and subs and, if a sub comes to the table and attempts to enter with his/her shirt tail out, they don't come in. The rationale is that it is the coach's responsibility to make sure subs are ready and we are justified in not allowing the sub in the game. We are instructed to address this position with the coach's at the pre-game conference and enforce it. We had an official lose a state tournament assignment in a later round becuase he allowed subs to "tuck it in" as they were entering the game from the table. The state rep told him after the game that the head coach had plenty of opportunity to have that sub ready and chose not to do it. The punishment to the coach is his/her sub doesn't come in. The state rep called our assignor and told him not to allow the official to work in later rounds based upon his "non-enforcement" of rules. Pretty harsh but when in Rome...

[Brad]

Originally Posted by walter

We had an official lose a state tournament assignment in a later round because he allowed subs to "tuck it in" as they were entering the game from the table.

This is completely and utterly absurd.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Brad

This is completely and utterly absurd.

Brad, holding your emotions in like this is only going to hurt you in the long run. Let it out, man.

[walter]

Originally Posted by Brad

This is completely and utterly absurd.

Agreed but the man from the state association was quite adamant about it! He went on and on about it being a point of emphasis for the state from initial interpretation meeting on. Personally I think the guy is a jerk but...