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Old Tue Sep 25, 2012, 01:14pm
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I don't think that this is the point. The rule says that the coach is allowed between the hashes to "address his team" this is an exception to the prohibition of him being on the field. If it is a TO, and he is not addressing his team, he is outside the exception.

I'm sure some of you have had the situation where the coach calls a time out (not a ref/coach conference) and makes a beeline to the referee to complain. In that circumstance I tell him he can have a conference w me or his team, not both. He usually looks at me with a bewildered look, swears under his breath and storms off.
I'm not sure what point you think I was trying to make, but I think we probably agree more than you would guess. I'm merely saying that during timeouts, coaches and conferences frequently go outside the exception, and we correct it without flags. In this instance, the crew could have corrected this before the coach ever got close to the other sideline. Since the coach was not stopped or warned, they missed an opportunity to correct this situation without even considering a flag. Any flag for USC after the fact is partly on the crew, IMO.
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Old Tue Sep 25, 2012, 01:38pm
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I'm not sure what point you think I was trying to make, but I think we probably agree more than you would guess. I'm merely saying that during timeouts, coaches and conferences frequently go outside the exception, and we correct it without flags. In this instance, the crew could have corrected this before the coach ever got close to the other sideline. Since the coach was not stopped or warned, they missed an opportunity to correct this situation without even considering a flag. Any flag for USC after the fact is partly on the crew, IMO.
You are right, we are mostly in agreement. My only point of disagreement was that the coach is not addressing his team. Thus, it wouldn t matter if he was screaming at the other coach from the middle of the field. If he's not addressing his team, he has no reason to be out there.
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Old Tue Oct 02, 2012, 04:55pm
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You are right, we are mostly in agreement. My only point of disagreement was that the coach is not addressing his team. Thus, it wouldn t matter if he was screaming at the other coach from the middle of the field. If he's not addressing his team, he has no reason to be out there.
I agree with this as well. If he were to start yelling at the other sideline, I'd still warn him to stop or leave the field. If he didn't comply, I'd flag him.
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Old Tue Oct 02, 2012, 08:29pm
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What if the peanut vendor is on the other side of the field, and the coach wants peanuts?
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Old Wed Oct 03, 2012, 01:15am
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What if the peanut vendor is on the other side of the field, and the coach wants peanuts?
He needs to send the trainer, photographer, statistician, or one of the dozen other people who want to be in the restricted zone, but can't be.
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Old Wed Oct 03, 2012, 06:16am
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SECTION 8 NONCONTACT UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT BY NONPLAYERS
ART. 1 . . . No coach, substitute, athletic trainer or other team attendant shall
act in an unsportsmanlike manner once the game officials assume authority for
the contest. Examples are, but not limited to:
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Old Wed Oct 03, 2012, 11:42pm
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He needs to send the trainer, photographer, statistician, or one of the dozen other people who want to be in the restricted zone, but can't be.
That's the difference in our assumptions. Football is played under all sorts of different conditions. I'm used to ones where there may be a dozen other people hanging around, but they don't realize a football game is going on nearby, and the peanut vendor is there to service the people playing Frisbee on the next field.
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Old Thu Oct 04, 2012, 07:33am
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That's the difference in our assumptions. Football is played under all sorts of different conditions. I'm used to ones where there may be a dozen other people hanging around, but they don't realize a football game is going on nearby, and the peanut vendor is there to service the people playing Frisbee on the next field.
Then you should have specified "intramural".
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What if the peanut vendor is on the other side of the field, and the coach wants peanuts?
You are just being a contrarian if you really think this is a serious question.

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What if the peanut vendor is on the other side of the field, and the coach wants peanuts?
Not an issue here. Coaches are worried about winning to keep their jobs, not eating peanuts during the game.
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Why does this thread keep getting bumped with inanities. Let it die.
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Old Wed Oct 03, 2012, 08:32am
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Why does this thread keep getting bumped with inanities. Let it die.
You are a moderator right?

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Old Wed Oct 03, 2012, 09:08am
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Not an issue here. Coaches are worried about winning to keep their jobs, not eating peanuts during the game.
And he should send the ball boy anyway. God knows I can't find him.
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And he should send the ball boy anyway. God knows I can't find him.
I'll second that.
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