Originally Posted by splitveer (Post 721755)

Last night we had an interesting situation. About a minute before the game starts an assistant coach walks around the floor and walks up to the top bleacher in the crowd. Then at halftime he comes down and gives information to the coaching staff. He then comes back and sits down on the bench in the second half. To my understanding he would be bench personnel and cannot leave the bench area for any unauthorized reason. So, do we assess an unsporting technical? What if the coach does not come down on the bench in the second half and stays in the stands?

Originally Posted by tref (Post 722018)

Cool, thanks!! And if he joins a huddle in the 2nd half, I ask the coach who he is. He says assistant coach... whack? He says parent... GM tosses?

Originally Posted by tref (Post 722024)

For his comments at the half now that I know he's an assistant :D

Seriously though, ACs dont have to sit in the bench area & can join t/o huddles anytime during the course of the game?

Originally Posted by tref (Post 722024)

For his comments at the half now that I know he's an assistant :D

Seriously though, ACs dont have to sit in the bench area & can join t/o huddles anytime during the course of the game?

Originally Posted by Snaqwells (Post 722033)

Nah. Like I said, if a fan curses at me in the hallway then shows up on the bench during the 2nd half. Short leash.

And no, that's not what I said. Once he's on the bench or in the huddle, he stays there (with some exceptional circumstances exempted). If, however, I notice a patter, I'll inform the coach:
"Only bench personnel are allowed in the huddle, and anyone from the bench who leaves the bench area during the game earns a technical foul. Choose now whether this person is a fan or an AC."

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap (Post 722034)

You mean like the 'patter' of little feet?

Originally Posted by JRutledge (Post 721997)

Here is the problem. Unless we know the status of a coach with a team we have no idea what they are or what they are not. The only way most of us would know who an assistant coach was if at one time during the game they were sitting on or near the bench. So if that person leaves the bench then we would easily know they are associated with the team in some way. And this was a new rule/clarification that team members need to be near their bench area and cannot leave during the game. So in this situation it seems like there is a violation of the rule and can be penalized. (10-3-6l and 10-5-5)

Peace

Originally Posted by Snaqwells (Post 722033)

Nah. Like I said, if a fan curses at me in the hallway then shows up on the bench during the 2nd half. Short leash.

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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef (Post 722086)

If he is bench personnel as we get ready to start the 2nd half I have no problem whacking him before we start the second half. He's not going to get a free run at me in hallway because he was sitting in the stands in the first half.

I see him sitting on the bench before the ball becomes live I'm gonna ask the HC if that person is part of his bench personnel. If "yes" he gets whacked for cursing me in the hallway, if "no" then he needs to leave the bench area.

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef (Post 722086)

If he is bench personnel as we get ready to start the 2nd half I have no problem whacking him before we start the second half. He's not going to get a free run at me in hallway because he was sitting in the stands in the first half.

I see him sitting on the bench before the ball becomes live I'm gonna ask the HC if that person is part of his bench personnel. If "yes" he gets whacked for cursing me in the hallway, if "no" then he needs to leave the bench area.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells (Post 722033)

Only bench personnel are allowed in the huddle, and anyone from the bench who leaves the bench area during the game earns a technical foul.

Originally Posted by just another ref (Post 722344)

Where can we find this?