Coach leaves bench to sit in the stands.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Personally I've got nothing. If he is not disrupting the game I probably wouldn't even notice his movements. If the other team complained then I would advise Game Admin that there is a person coming from the stands and joining the team huddle. I'm thinking that would probably force Coach A to make a decision as to where he wants his AC to spend the rest of the game.

Do not say this to Brian, he might claim you are not following procedure.

Peace

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I'm thinking that would probably force Coach A to make a decision as to where he wants his AC to spend the rest of the game.

The parking lot would be a good choice.

[deecee]

I would love to watch some of your games in all honesty because I have never come across things like this.

Either he is part of the bench or not (and he cannot be both, the HC will have to make a choice and live with it).

If hes not part of the bench hes treated as a fan (so either we ignore it or we have game management deal with it).

If hes bench then either we ignore it or we address it with the HC.

Those are really our only 2 paths here. Doesnt matter if its a college game, high school game, middle school game, summer league (who cares on the level).

The worst I have had was the varsity head coach think he can sit at the end of the game before his and act like a coach. He was offered his choice of pill quickly. He thought I was bluffing and after the first T he shut up. 60 seconds later he stormed out the gym. This isnt all so complicated.

Now if this were a middle school game and a dad or two came down during a timeout or 2 to give his 2 cents to the HC I dont care as that is pretty much the expected at these levels. But in a varsity contest this will NEVER happen. the coach will sit bobby the rest of the game and tell his dad if he tries that again bobby is done.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Personally I've got nothing. If he is not disrupting the game I probably wouldn't even notice his movements. If the other team complained then I would advise Game Admin that there is a person coming from the stands and joining the team huddle. I'm thinking that would probably force Coach A to make a decision as to where he wants his AC to spend the rest of the game.

If I noticed it, and I have to admit I'm more likely to miss it, I would have a short chat with the HC after the TO.

"Coach, if he's an assistant coach he needs to stay at the bench. If he's not, he can't join your huddle."
Insert expected "no one has said that before" comment from coach.
Insert preferred reply to said comment.

After the game, I would contact my assigner and tell them what happened and how I dealt with it; then ask them if that's what they'd like me to do in the future. I've never seen this and don't expect to, so I'm not going to waste my assigner's time on it now.