Unusual situation

[stick]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Then this was called correctly. B5 is not in the game... he can't just rush in. And you can't make a substitution by having one of your 5 sit, and then sending someone else into the game.

If B5 had been one of the 5 on the court (i.e. HE was the one who erroneously left the court and sat down), and they weren't (in the referee's opinion) doing this to gain an advantage or trick the other team - they should have simply played on.

Had a similar situation last year. Team A only had 5 players. At one point during play, the coach from team A took one player aside sat her down and was instructing her. We let play go on. She came back in after the next whistle. A little while later the same girl drove to the basket, got fouled and sprained her ankle real bad--she had to be taken out of the game. Since there were no subs to come in to shoot the ft's who do you suppose, by rule, gets to shoot those free throws?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by stick

Had a similar situation last year. Team A only had 5 players. At one point during play, the coach from team A took one player aside sat her down and was instructing her.

He doesn't get to do this (stringency may be determined by game level).

Originally Posted by stick

We let play go on. She came back in after the next whistle. A little while later the same girl drove to the basket, got fouled and sprained her ankle real bad--she had to be taken out of the game. Since there were no subs to come in to shoot the ft's who do you suppose, by rule, gets to shoot those free throws?

I'll bet the opposing coach wanted to pick.

[jeremy341a]

Originally Posted by Adam

He doesn't get to do this (stringency may be determined by game level).

Why can he not do this?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

Why can he not do this?

Because if you have 5 eligible players, you have to have 5 on the court.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

Why can he not do this?

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Because if you have 5 eligible players, you have to have 5 on the court.

what bob said.

If he wants to have a consultation with her, that's fine, she can even sit down, but she has to stay on the court.

[MD Longhorn]

I blame Gene Hackman for people not knowing this.

[jeremy341a]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Because if you have 5 eligible players, you have to have 5 on the court.

I know but wasn't there a post on here that the consensus was if the coach says they are not eligible then we are to believe them.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

I know but wasn't there a post on here that the consensus was if the coach says they are not eligible then we are to believe them.

Now you're adding elements that weren't in the OP.

[jeremy341a]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Now you're adding elements that weren't in the OP.

Not trying to be tricky. If this were to happen, what should I do? Do I mention to the coach he has to play with 5 or?

[j51969]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

I know but wasn't there a post on here that the consensus was if the coach says they are not eligible then we are to believe them.

If he wasn't eligible why did he put them in the book?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by j51969

If he wasn't eligible why did he put them in the book?

The situation we've discussed before involved a coach stating that the player was temporarily injured and needed some time to recover.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by j51969

If he wasn't eligible why did he put them in the book?

Back when was coaching middle school, all fourteen of my players were written in the book for every game, in numerical order, even if they weren't playing (injured), or weren't in the gymnasium (illness). Over twenty-five years of coaching, and we never got a technical foul for a player not being in the book, or for a player with a wrong number. Never. Ever.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by j51969

If he wasn't eligible why did he put them in the book?

Maybe the player did/said something stupid during the game and got himself kicked off. If the coach says he's ineligible, he's ineligible. I'm not going to second guess that.

I'm also, however, not going to suggest that in a situation like was presented.