What were they thinking? Oh wait - they weren't.

[ThatOneRef]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

Well know by rule you're incorrect. An assistant coach gets up a couple of times (save for exceptions allowed by rule), I'll give a coach a friendly reminder about the rule. Heck I probably won't even catch it if it's infrequent. But there's no way in hell I'm allowing assistants and other bench personnel to be up the whole game. I let that go in a high school varsity game, then I'll hear about it, and rightly so.

And in a hs varsity game i would 110% agree with you, but not a rec game.

[APG]

Originally Posted by ThatOneRef

And in a hs varsity game i would 110% agree with you, but not a rec game.

I know we don't enforce everything at the rec level. That usually applies to administrative issues and jersey issues. We might even decide not to enforce traveling as tightly. But I don't know why we would be lax on this issue...especially when saying a few words takes care of the situation...

Me: "Coach by rule I can't have all your assistants standing up.
Coach: "Hey y'all need to sit!"

*Issue solved*

I can say that I'd probably hear something about this if I let this happen in a middle school game, but as the saying goes, "When in Rome..." If that's how your league wants it handled then so be it.

[Kelvin green]

A week or so I heardtwo great ones from the fans

Hey ref it was goaltending he hit the ball on the way up!

Later the same game after a ball went through and scored, That was a goaltend!

Of course I heard a partner in a Varsity Girls game that the reason for the blovking foul was that she was moving backwards...

And Saturday, AAU type game....

Coach was at midcourt (actaully standing at the X) and I am tryig to get him back in the box and wont move. I move farther down the floor, he tells me I should be watching the game and not him...I point and tell coaches box is starts here. (point at start of box) and he yells back refereeing is out there!

Whack! and then he does not want to sit down. He alomost bough two.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by ThatOneRef

And in a hs varsity game i would 110% agree with you, but not a rec game.

Sorry, but it's even more important in a rec game where the AC is likely to take his ability to stand as a license to complain about calls. A quick, "Sorry, coach, but only the head coach gets to use the coaching box" takes care of it quickly.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Sorry, but it's even more important in a rec game where the AC is likely to take his ability to stand as a license to complain about calls. A quick, "Sorry, coach, but only the head coach gets to use the coaching box" takes care of it quickly.

I see it more during Rec Leagues and handle it in a similar fashion on the way by the bench. Have never had a problem after that.