Question?

[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