VC coaching in stands...

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Originally Posted by BillyMac

Agree, but the definition doesn't say that.

If a basketball coach of the program that I'm officiating a game for is sitting in the stands and coaching and giving me some grief, I hope that the rules would allow me to treat him a little bit differently than a regular fan that is sitting in the stands and giving me some grief. I can ignore unruly fans, or have them removed for outrageous action. Coaches should be held to a higher standard than that, and I don't think that they should be ignored like we often do with fans.

Why should coaches be held to a higher standard? If you think that then you believe that everyone involved in youth sports is in it only for the kids.

Ideally I would like to agree with you but in reality that's just not practical. The only people I consider coaches during a game I work are the ones on the bench.


Plus I'm not sure what the rules are but you toss someone from the facility they usually cannot return for the remainder of the day. If I had a varsity game and the JV guys before me tell me they tossed someone from the stands and it turned out to be the HC I would be inclined to not allow him back in the facility.

My reasoning would be that if it were NOT the HC that person would not be allowed back in, so why should things change because the HC decided to act like an A$$.

Generally where I have worked SoCal, if someone is removed from the facility they cannot return for at least 24 hours.