FastBlue Pitch:
I never cease to be amazed at the quality (lack thereof, that is) of some of the advice issued by those sideline coaches. Fortunately that's rarely the case with our team's fans, as JoeA made it pretty clear when he conducted the original tryouts for Buckeye Heat 95 how he feels about coaching from the stands.
Bil Vanalmsick:
Your comment about the importance of the Bench Coach made me smile. Ted used to be the Bench Coach for JoeA's older Buckeye Heat team and he was so into it that when there were only nine girls on the roster for any particular game, they used to set up an empty helmet on the bench for Ted to talk to while the girls were on defense, sort of like Tom Hanks and Wilson in Castaway.
As to the original question, we have a Head Coach and three Assistants. Book as well as hit production records are maintained by Assistants. Coaches handling those items know an awful lot about what is happening in the game and therefore have a lot of input during the game and in making up the line-up for the next game.