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[Indianaref]

Along the same lines: I have seen an senior official, during a dead ball, stop the game, pull two opposing players off the floor, both of whom had been playing rough and tell the coaches to provide a sub for each. He didn't T them up, just wanted them off the floor for a cooling period.

[JRutledge]

You can tell a coach do to a lot of things, it does not mean they have to listen. Some coaches will listen, other coaches will take offense. But if you stick a coach then you will not have to worry about what they are going to listen to because now by rule they are required to sit.

Peace

[Pantherdreams]

haha . . . I saw a game end on this one. My old man was a coach and the ref told him he had to sit down.

The ole' ball coach informed him, no where in the rules did he have to sit down.

The official told him he was responsible for managing the safety and conduct of everyone invloved so he was telling him he had to sit down or he'd have him removed.

Coach says there is no where in the rules that says I have to sit.

The official tosses him. No coach remaining on the bench high school rules say the game is now over. Game ends!

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Pantherdreams

The ole' ball coach informed him, no where in the rules did he have to sit down.

Steve Spurrier?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

You can tell a coach do to a lot of things, it does not mean they have to listen. Some coaches will listen, other coaches will take offense. But if you stick a coach then you will not have to worry about what they are going to listen to because now by rule they are required to sit.

Peace

This leads to my problem with it. I've seen partners tell a coach to sit and not do anything when he refused. I've seen varsity refs do it in games I was watching. Of course they didn't do anything, you can't T a HC for standing within the coaching box.

Now, you've just issued an "order" that wasn't followed and have no recourse.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

This leads to my problem with it. I've seen partners tell a coach to sit and not do anything when he refused. I've seen varsity refs do it in games I was watching. Of course they didn't do anything, you can't T a HC for standing within the coaching box.

Now, you've just issued an "order" that wasn't followed and have no recourse.

I completely agree with you on the "request." My point is that you can tell a coach a lot of things; it does not mean they will listen. And telling a coach to sit down when they do not have to under the rules is playing with a fire in a gasoline tank. It can easily explode on you if you get the right coach. But you can T a coach for all kinds of things and this is why if you feel that way as an official, just T the coach and they will be obligated to sit down by rule. So I would never make a request like this. But I have told coaches to "move on" or to "stop saying" certain things that I feel are inappropriate. But those are used as warnings and not used to dictate what a coach should or should not do.

Peace

[Adam]

Originally Posted by jrutledge

i completely agree with you on the "request." my point is that you can tell a coach a lot of things; it does not mean they will listen. And telling a coach to sit down when they do not have to under the rules is playing with a fire in a gasoline tank. It can easily explode on you if you get the right coach. But you can t a coach for all kinds of things and this is why if you feel that way as an official, just t the coach and they will be obligated to sit down by rule. So i would never make a request like this. But i have told coaches to "move on" or to "stop saying" certain things that i feel are inappropriate. But those are used as warnings and not used to dictate what a coach should or should not do.

Peace

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