Coach has a "bad back"

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by GoodwillRef

Tough crap...maybe you shouldn't have gotten a technical foul...sit down!

I'm thinking that, and saying: "Coach, the rule is that you cannot remain standing."

If he persists: "Coach, it's up to you where you go, but you cannot remain standing."

[Scrapper1]

"Do you have a note on file with the state association for a waiver due to your medical condition?"

[chymechowder]

If you get another game with this coach, tell him before the tip that you have "bad ears" and you can't listen to any complaints about calls.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

"Do you have a note on file with the state association for a waiver due to your medical condition?"

+1
I was going to suggest asking for a doctor's note. Also, ask him if he walked to the game. No noty no standy.

[GoodwillRef]

Originally Posted by mbyron

I'm thinking that, and saying: "Coach, the rule is that you cannot remain standing."

If he persists: "Coach, it's up to you where you go, but you cannot remain standing."

You can lie on some chairs if that feels better!

[RobbyinTN]

I would have probably had them remove the chair where he would have been sitting and told him to stand there and if he moves out of that spot he is gone

[mbyron]

I don't like solutions to this issue that involve threatening the coach that he'll "be done." I'm going to enforce the rule regarding losing the coaching box, and not make any threats.

[Rich]

Maybe I'm a hard a$$, but I fail to see how this is my problem. Like someone up above said, I'm guessing he sat to ride/drive to the game.

He doesn't get the T, he doesn't have this problem. Sit or leave.

[doubleringer]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Maybe I'm a hard a$$, but I fail to see how this is my problem. Like someone up above said, I'm guessing he sat to ride/drive to the game.

He doesn't get the T, he doesn't have this problem. Sit or leave.

I agree.

[BillyMac]

I wonder how he's getting home?

[RobbyinTN]

I have been giving this more though since my first reply to this thread. It is my place as an official to enforce the rules. The rules state that he must sit. Nowhere in the rules does it say that I can make exceptions to that based on something he tells me that may or may not be true. If I give in on this one, do I make exceptions in other areas?

So I have re-thought my original position. Now, either the coach sits or he gets another T and he leaves.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I wonder how he's getting home?

I wonder if he has any chairs in his living room.

[chymechowder]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I wonder how he's getting home?