Rule change thread - for real, this time

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by cmathews

I want to get rid of the coaching box.....ok now before all the applause....I mean I want to let them roam from the baseline to mid court...ok extend the box may be better. As long as they are coaching I really don't care where they are. If they are "coaching" me in an unsporting manner I really don't care where they are the deserve a T...so in essence the box really doesn't help us that much..

I don't disagree with this one. Having such a small area doesn't make sense, in that it does not, by itself, improve sportsmanship. Why not give the coach the opportunity to coach their team without having to worry about exactly where they are standing (off the floor, of course).

Originally Posted by cmathews

I also want to get rid of the seat belt...Just because they got a T doesn't mean they need to sit the rest of the game....again if they are coaching I really don't give a rats big behind...if they aren't they deserve a T whether sitting or standing....

This one I may still disagree. I could live with the argument that a coach should not be seatbelted after an administrative T, for example. But I still feel that, especially in HS sports, sportsmanship still needs to be a very important part of the game. Therefore, the penalty for an unsporting T should still carry the addtional weight of losing the box. Now, if I was king, I might even consider them losing the box for an unsporting act by a player, not even just bench personnel. In my own little world, I might allow them to keep the box as long as the player that received the T stayed on the bench. This would put more emphasis on a coach controling their players directly. (But, boy would I need a picture of a windmill to remind me how easy it would be to get something like that passed...)