Coach's leash

[keith_15]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Sometimes.

Other times they just go more nuts...dogs and coaches.

As Rich and Tom both have pointed out, there are nice rules of thumb, but sometimes the rules of thumb just don't fit. This OP sounds like one of those times...

For the record, I have ejected three coaches also in over 20 years of officiating. In all 3 cases I gave all the Ts involved. One instance was a case where a coach jumped up and yelled at an opposing player "You little motherf---er"

Good point!

I think that in the OP, this crew might not have been able to avoid it. However, there are also mechanics that could have limited this coaches access to the official, i.e. switching on fouls. In the OP, they did not switch:

Originally Posted by OKREF

A1 drives to basket, Trail calls push on B1, after whistle A1 takes another dribble and shoots. Trail call foul on the floor. Coach for A, on the other end of floor jumps up and screams...We go to the other end of the floor, and the coach is riding the same ref at baseline. Coach gets stuck

This tells me that the calling official on the original common foul should have been administering the throw in on the baseline (2-man game), preferably lane line opposite table side. There are reasons why we switch on fouls.

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by keith_15

Good point!

I think that in the OP, this crew might not have been able to avoid it. However, there are also mechanics that could have limited this coaches access to the official, i.e. switching on fouls. In the OP, they did not switch:



This tells me that the calling official on the original common foul should have been administering the throw in on the baseline (2-man game), preferably lane line opposite table side. There are reasons why we switch on fouls.

There was a switch. The explosion didn't happen on the next trip, it was a couple of trips later and the calling official ended up on the table side of the floor

[keith_15]

Originally Posted by OKREF

There was a switch. The explosion didn't happen on the next trip, it was a couple of trips later and the calling official ended up on the table side of the floor

That makes more sense. Sorry, that was bothering me since I first read it.

[rockyroad]

I cannot think of a single time I have ever used the stop sign on a coach, or told a coach to sit down and be quiet or shut up or stop talking, etc...as an adult, I would not respond well to someone doing that to me. So I say things like "OK, Coach. You made your point. Time to move on."

[keith_15]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

I cannot think of a single time I have ever used the stop sign on a coach, or told a coach to sit down and be quiet or shut up or stop talking, etc...as an adult, I would not respond well to someone doing that to me. So I say things like "OK, Coach. You made your point. Time to move on."

We are always better when we can interact with the coach directly without the use of our hands.