Coach going across the field

[WestCoaster]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

What if he goes around the field?

Originally Posted by jchamp

2-32-10 defines a coach to be in the category of "nonplayers".

9-8-3 states that a nonplayer shall not be outside his team box (except for three in the restricted area).

The team box does not extend "around" the field. Therefore, he has gone outside his team box. If someone isn't uncomfortable banging him for that, you've also got 9-9-5, with the "travesty of the game" clause.

^What he said^

[parepat]

Sometimes I can't believe what I read here. The coaches aren't allowed out of their team area. The exception to that is whn they have a timeout at which point they are allowed to address their team between the hashes. This is the exception. Since this coach is not operating within this exception, we are well within the rules to flag him.

That being said, he had to walk past 5 officials on the way to the other sideline. Although a foul certainly could be called in this scenario, the crew should try to get him back first.