coaching box

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

This is just a rule they need to get rid of. Let the damn coaches roam the sideline. What difference does it make. As long as they stay with the 28 foot mark, why do we care where they stand or sit? I am so sick and tired of this stupid rule. It just becomes a distraction to where our focus really should be.

Talk about distractions. I don't like it when coaches get too close to the table, and either purposely, or accidentally, get in my way as I report fouls to the table, or look toward the table for incoming substitutes.

Nothing more challenging than trying to report a foul "through" a coach who is about ready to be charged with a technical foul, or is politely "pleading" his case to me.

For all I care, if they change the rule and let them mosey on down to the endline, that wouldn't bother me one bit, but until the NFHS changes the rule, I'm enforcing the present rule, when it comes to my attention, which is usually when he's "yelling" at me. If he's not "yelling", I really don't pay too much attention to a couple of lines on the court, except the the couple of times a year when he gets in my way as I'm about to become the new lead.