The Official Forum  

Go Back   The Official Forum > Basketball

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old Sat Jan 16, 2010, 12:22pm
Esteemed Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 22,934
Coach On The Court Alert ...

Boys varsity. A1 falls, in the lane, while attempting to get a rebound. A1 doesn't get up, and is on the ground, face down. I wait a second, or two, to identify a team in control, make sure that there is not a scoring play imminent, blow my whistle to stop the game, and move over to the fallen player, who is still on the floor, and ask, "Do you want your coach?". A1 immediately states, "No, I'm alright.", and starts to get up. When he says this I signal a "stop sign" to the bench to let them know that the player is alright, and not to bother coming out to attend to the player. I now note that the head coach has moved out of his coaching box, onto the court, has crossed the division line, is now almost to the three point line, sees my stop sign, and immediately retreats back to his bench. A1 stays in the game. No substitutions. I make eye contact with my partner, sound my whistle, and put the ball in play.

An evaluator emailed his evaluation of that game to me. Most of his evaluation was very positive, he mentioned a few things that I can work on, and also mentioned that I should have asked the head coach to either substitute for the fallen player, or take a timeout to keep the player in the game.

I've been around the block many times, so I knew to just email him back and thank him for his constructive criticism. Newbies take note here. Never answer an evaluator by saying, "Yes, but ...".

But I know that I can say, "Yes, but ...", to Forum members. So, did I handle this situation correctly, or not. Keep in mind that I gave a "stop sign" to the bench. Also, around these parts, when there is a fight, or an injured player, coaches are always considered to be beckoned if they come onto the court to offer assistance. Inquiring minds want to know.
__________________
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

“I was in prison and you came to visit me.” (Matthew 25:36)
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old Sat Jan 16, 2010, 12:24pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 1999
Posts: 18,016
If the coach is that far out, replace the player (or request TO).

If it's only a step or two, you can use your judgment.
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old Sat Jan 16, 2010, 02:02pm
9/11 - Never Forget
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 5,642
Send a message via Yahoo to grunewar
Since the coach came so far on the court, I'd make the player come out of the game too, unless the TO is requested. What's the big deal? If he's really ok, he goes to the bench, gets a drink and comes back into the game at the next whistle......which could be in 10 seconds anyhow.

My $.02
__________________
There was the person who sent ten puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old Sat Jan 16, 2010, 02:19pm
Adam's Avatar
Keeper of the HAMMER
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: MST
Posts: 27,190
Enforcing this will make the coach think twice before coming out next time; that's a good thing.
__________________
Sprinkles are for winners.
Reply With Quote
  #5 (permalink)  
Old Sun Jan 17, 2010, 12:58pm
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 547
imho, you can't get in trouble for correctly enforcing the rules....you only open yourself up to criticism and problems when you do not enforce or administer properly.
Reply With Quote
  #6 (permalink)  
Old Sun Jan 17, 2010, 04:46pm
Adam's Avatar
Keeper of the HAMMER
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: MST
Posts: 27,190
Seriously, it's almost as if all the weird stuff we've ever talked about came up last night (except the post game T stuff). In two games, we must have had 5 injury timeouts last night.

On one, player fell on his backside and his head hit the floor. I killed the clock (just as the defensive team stole the ball, BTW). Checked on the kid and he was ok. I looked up at his coach, who was about 2 or 3 steps out of the coaching box, and gave him the stop sign (this is the only time I ever use it) and he turned around and went back.
__________________
Sprinkles are for winners.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Coach on the court. What is your call? CoachCER Basketball 52 Wed Jan 13, 2010 05:16am
Coach on court closely_guarded Basketball 17 Fri Oct 28, 2005 08:22am
Coach on court closely_guarded Basketball 13 Fri Mar 18, 2005 03:14pm
Coach Dies on Court OverAndBack Basketball 0 Sat Nov 20, 2004 07:40am
Coach on the court instructing LepTalBldgs Basketball 5 Mon Dec 16, 2002 02:34pm


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:22am.



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.0 RC1