Sick head coach

[Ignats75]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

What part of "There is more to this than what officials care about," did you not understand?

Obviously, officials don't care who the team puts for as the head coach, but the state association, the league directorship, the school AD, etc. may all care very much about such a designation.

I would think that the referee for the State Tournament game went and found someone from the state office and asked for a decision. That would be the proper course of action to take.

Again this is why some officials get to work games at those levels and others do not. Quite simply they care and are concerned about more than themselves.

First of all, you deserve a semantic clarification. By state tournament, I didn't mean "State Finals". I was using the generic term which in Ohio means the entire tournment that starts at the sectional level and every school participates in. Second, I know who the official was that disallowed it, and he is universally regarded as an overly officious, arrogant imbecile who thinks his poop doesn't stink but has been around so long and is such a political hack, he scores high in the politics department which nets him assignments in the tournament. The way Ohio picks and assigns officials is a corrupted and idiotic process. SO your assumption on why he did what he did was way off base. He didn't consult anyone. Because, if he did, he would've been told by the state rules interpretor to allow the switch.

Your contract and laiblility issues are red herrings. If HC goes into labor an can't coach the rest of the year, should they cancel the rest of the season because the HC can't be there? Ridiculous.