Fools Rush In (Ricky Nelson, 1963) ...
 

A few summers ago I tossed a coach in an AAU tournament. The was no assistant coach. I wasn't sure what to do, but I knew that the kids should keep playing because the tossed coach was not the fault of any of the kids on either team, so why should they be punished? I told the kids without a coach that we could keep playing if a parent came out of the stands to coach the team. He did, and we did.

Really don't know what the policy is here for our high school games. I'm sure that if it happened we would have a discussion with the remaining coach, and the athletic director (faculty manager, site director) and get it straightened out.

Billy, you might want to check with your state first, before it happens.

Never Happen ???
 

I figure that the remaining coach, and athletic director (faculty manager, site director) will already know what to do. Add my partner into the mix, and we'll come up with a rational decision to continue, or not. We could also make a quick call to my assigner (retired teacher, still coaches soccer, and golf).

In a few more years, when I retire from the wonderful world of chemistry, I plan to make myself available to work those midafternoon middle school, and freshman, games. Now, there's where we could run into some "lack of coaches" problems, and I'll be sure to find out the "real" rule, if, indeed, one such rule exists here. Most of the high schools here have paid, and volunteer, coaching staffs that would rival any professional football team.