Coach's leash

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

...You might as well say, "Sit down and shut up" when using that signal IMHO. And we all know how well that statement works out right?

Peace

Bingo! It is just disrespectful and condescending. When someone crosses my line, they are pretty much getting a T. I would like the communication to be as nice as possible up until the point where communication is shut off or my line is crossed.

Funny story - I had a game last week that set basketball back 10 years...the game was not played well on either side. The coach takes one of his players out and the kid goes to the end of the bench and kicks the chair over. I'm the old Lead, new Trail tableside and whack the kid. After we handle business, we go up and down a few times and the coach is still standing (I left him alone on purpose and my partners...I am working with the same two tonight and will address that). During a timeout I go and tell him that he must remain seated because he got an indirect technical foul. After explaining to him why, you know what he said - keep in mind the action of the kid was never in doubt? He said, "Well you shouldn't have called it then!" What a piece of work. The stop sign with a coach like this would have set it off up in there!

[Adam]

Wow. Some coaches just don't get it. I had to explain the seat belt to the HC after I tossed the AC last summer.

[OKREF]

Does the assistant have the seat belt when head coach gets run?

[APG]

Originally Posted by OKREF

Does the assistant have the seat belt when head coach gets run?

If the head coach loses the use of his box, no one on that team can use it for the rest of the game, even if the original head coach is tossed.

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by APG

If the head coach loses the use of his box, no one on that team can use it for the rest of the game, even if the original head coach is tossed.

Yea, after I thought about it, that seems to be a no brainer.

[RookieDude]

Originally Posted by tomegun

After we handle business...

...not trying to be a smarta$$ (well, maybe a little)...but, didn't you "handle business" and tell the Coach he was seatbelted when you initially whacked his upset player that kicked a chair?

...if so, did the Coach ignore you and stand anyway?

...just asking.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by RookieDude

...not trying to be a smarta$$ (well, maybe a little)...but, didn't you "handle business" and tell the Coach he was seatbelted when you initially whacked his upset player that kicked a chair?

...if so, did the Coach ignore you and stand anyway?

...just asking.

When I T a HS head coach or bench personnel I'll say to my partner(s) "we need to make sure he is sitting down after we're done with the free throws".

Personally I see no reason to rush right over there to tell the HC he needs to sit.

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by RookieDude

...not trying to be a smarta$$ (well, maybe a little)...but, didn't you "handle business" and tell the Coach he was seatbelted when you initially whacked his upset player that kicked a chair?

...if so, did the Coach ignore you and stand anyway?

...just asking.

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

When I T a HS head coach or bench personnel I'll say to my partner(s) "we need to make sure he is sitting down after we're done with the free throws".

Personally I see no reason to rush right over there to tell the HC he needs to sit.

This is spot on. My partners didn't really handle business and I had to tell the coach. To my utter dismay, I worked with the same partners last night and may have had something happen that is worse IMO. With 1:59 to go in the game, the coach of the team winning by 17 or 18 is upset and requests a timeout after I call a foul. I tell him OK - I was going to give him the timeout after I reported the foul - and he says something that is way over my line. I whack him and walk away. This morning, an official that was in the stands told me it was a good T, but the coach said, "That is a bull*** T" as I was inbounding the ball. I have already sent my partners an email to find out if either of them heard it. Not good.