Coaching box

[BigJoe]

With a coaching box in effect, I don't think you can tell a coach he has to sit down. You can tell him to stay off of the floor or stay in his box. I feel it is important to communicate with coaches when his questions are legitimate. I had a game tuesday night where my partner as the lead called a foul under the basket for pushing for position on a rebound. I was the trail and had the shooter and the shot. He calls a foul on A1 and the ball goes in the basket on a shot by A2. Unfortunately, he waved off the basket. I immediately told him that we had to count the basket as the shot had been released before the whistle blew. The B coach asks me for an expaination. I told him that my partner called a foul in the lane on a player pushing for position. I had the shot and it was released prior to the foul call. Coach says thats exactly the answer he was looking for. We discussed him waving off the basket as the lead after the game, but that is another story. We all know he should hold that signal until he confers with his partner.