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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
If a player runs into a coach who is on the court, how can you justify ignoring it? The coach is totally in the wrong, period.
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Actually saw this in a HS game my son was playing in (2010). Home team has the ball in their frontcourt, and my sons' teammate steals ball. Son takes off down the table side sideline and teammate throws long pass for son. Son should get an easy layup out of this when suddenly Home coach steps out onto court right about the 28 foot mark. Son (looking at the pass) never even sees Coach and runs straight into coach at full speed.
Coach is about 6'4" and probably 250. Son is 5'10" and about 170. Son goes down in a heap...ball goes oob on end line. Ref blows whistle and gives ball back to home team for an end line throw in. Coach steps back and sits down. Game has to be delayed while son is helped off (he was fine, just got the wind knocked out of him).
Knowing all 3 guys working the game (not our Assoc.), I waited a few days and then called the guy...asked him WTF??? about that play and he said that there was "no rule about a coach being run into by a player". At that point I just thanked him and hung up. Our coach sent the clip into the State and that coach was "sanctioned" by the State - whatever that means.
Long story - point is that this crap can and does happen.
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 01:35pm
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