Get the Coaches OFF THE COURT!!!

[RDF]

A trend that I've noticed the past couple of years is what I like to call Coaches "Calhoun-ing". What's that? Quite simply fellow Hoya fans, it's the art of Coaches having their fat butts on the court DURING THE GAME. Why is this allowed? All you have to do to tell them to stay on the sideline or you'll be getting a Technical Foul.

I've seen it allowed more and more and why? What does it add to the game other than showing coaches act like idiots? Is is that hard to move around ON the sidelines? And when it's a controversial call, if one of these guys jumps onto the court to argue as I saw today with Pitino and Bruce Weber, that should be automatic technical, if not EJECTION. The game is about the players and you are supposed to show some composure. Passion is fine, but what's so hard about doing it on the sidelines??

It's gotten easier to name the coaches who aren't on the court then it is to name those who are on it during a game, and if I was coaching, the players on my team would be instructed to run up the sideline, run the opposing coach over and force the refs to call something.

Reason I bring this up, is that you'll see the Referees with ball in frontcourt hold up play to tell the bench in the backcourt to sit down, but nothing is said to these coaches about being on the court during the game and on their end of the damn floor?? What's more of a distraction/potential hazard waiting to happen?

Anyways, just something I'm tired of seeing as I was very impressed with WVU and Coach Beilein for their performance and most of all, Beilein's composure and behavior on the sidelines compared to his contemporaries. JT III is one I've not seen act like a jerkoff either and I'm appreciative of that as I believe that kids should be the focus, not the guy in the Armani suits who already gets seen way too much during a game.

[DFW HOYA]

One suggestion for this comes from the Texas high school ranks: any coach who stands up while the game is underway is assessed a technical foul. Coaches must sit throughout the game and only stand during time outs or other stoppages in play.

[TBird41]

DFW said:

One suggestion for this comes from the Texas high school ranks: any coach who stands up while the game is underway is assessed a technical foul. Coaches must sit throughout the game and only stand during time outs or other stoppages in play.

That might be going a bit too far--nothing wrong with standing up, or even pacing if it can be done off the field of play. The way to stop these coaches is to start enforcing the rules about them being on the court.

[RDF]

DFW, I like that rule in HS, but in college, I think it's okay for them to crouch, stalk the sideline, and stand, but to be on the court during the game is just obnoxious and needs to be addressed.

I'm just tired of the games being about the Coaches so much that we don't get shots of them on the sidelines, we get them on the court and it's uncalled for and unnecessary.

This might sound petty but why have certain rules if they aren't enforced? Some others that I take issue with:

1. Allowing the team to have designated inbounds man. When one team scores, and the ball sits there as refs allow a player to come walking pick up the ball and allow 8-10 seconds off the clock. If you don't make a concerted effort to hustle and inbound the ball, the 5 second count should begin and if you can't get the ball in tough.

2. Otis George of Louisville inbounded the ball with his foot over the line 3/4 straight times today. That's a violation. You have to be BEHIND the line to inbound the ball-not one foot behind and one inbounds.

3. Defensive players touching the ball after a score. Minute ball goes through the net, they aren't allowed to touch the ball-yet how many times do you see someone take the ball and throw it to an official??

4. On Dead Ball plays inbounds man is being allowed to TRAVEL--they can't move their feet but they are so many times it's pathetic. That's a turnover and if you can't get ball in, tough.

5. Guys leaping in air and not having possession calling timeout as they're about to land out of bounds. NBA did away with this and NCAA should as well.

The game is best in world and yet referees have gotten so lazy about these things that kids are allowed to break rules, coaches are, and those might seem unimportant but how many games come down to the last possession? Many. How many possessions would be effected if you simply enforced rules that already exist and wouldn't harm the game--they'd keep it in flow and rhythm. Beauty of sport is when it's back and forth and few whistles are heard. It's not allowing people to dictate the tempo, violate things to benefit their cause, and basically intimidate the officials to the point they ignore violations.

[hoyainspirit]

RDF said:

2. Otis George of Louisville inbounded the ball with his foot over the line 3/4 straight times today. That's a violation. You have to be BEHIND the line to inbound the ball-not one foot behind and one inbounds.

I noticed that, also. Not only was he over the line, but he was FAR over the line. Sometimes that is a ticky tack call, but George abused the rule. The refs should have called it.

Though I do not always agree with them, your rants, RDF, are some of the most entertaining reading on this board!

[kchoya]

RDF said:

5. Guys leaping in air and not having possession calling timeout as they're about to land out of bounds. NBA did away with this and NCAA should as well.

This is the one I hate the most, and it is getting worse. Guys barely have one hand on the ball and somehow get a timeout awarded to them. It's a joke.

[JimmyHoya]

Anyone else see Lorenzo Romar blatantly walk out onto the court during a dead ball to talk to Brandon Roy during the L'ville game? That was ridiculous.