Defender counting out loud during inbound

[KJUmp]

Originally Posted by twing1115

I'm a coach and would like to get some clarification. When an offensive team is inbounding the ball I instruct my player who is defending the inbounder to count out loud to five. Yesterday I was told that my players were not allowed to do this. The ref said that I could say anything else "Apples,Apples Apples" but not numbers. I have been searching high and low in a rule book for a rule preventing a team from doing this. The ref gave a warning and said that we could be called for unsportsmanlike or disconsertion. I've read about disconcertion and have only seen explanations that relate to free throws. Please help me out.

Let me see if I've got this right.....you come on here and you are asking us to help you out??? Help you out to do what??? Give you and your players "help" so you can screw with an official???
If it were me..I'd get you where it hurts more...T on your player, indirect T to you.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by KJUmp

If it were me..I'd get you where it hurts more...T on your player, indirect T to you.

You can only do that by rule if someone on the bench is doing the counting....

In this situation, your choices are a "T" on the person committing the unsporting act or a "T" on the person teaching the unsporting act. You have rules backing for either, but not both.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by KJUmp

If it were me..I'd get you where it hurts more...T on your player, indirect T to you.

Please don't do this. You can give a T to the player or to the coach, but you cannot give the coach an indirect T for a TF charged to a player on the court.

[KJUmp]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Please don't do this. You can give a T to the player or to the coach, but you cannot give the coach an indirect T for a TF charged to a player on the court.

Got it Snags. Thnx.