Pickleball Rules Refresher: Around the post

The other week, I saw a pickleball game where the opponents battled furiously back and forth in a game of dinking, and spin shots that were all returned with ease. It was until one opponent fired a  spinning outward shot down the sideline, and the defensive pairing had to step outside to return the ball. As he did he returned it, but instead of going over the net, it went around the net post at a lower then net height, and proceeded into the opponents court. Play was stopped, and highly debated about rulings. So what does the IFP rules state?12.K Shots Around the Net Post. If a ball hit at an angle bounces in the court and travels beyond the sidelines, a player may return the ball around the outside of the net post. The ball does not need to travel back over the net. In addition, there is no restriction on the height of the return. For example, a player may return the ball around the net post below the height of the net. In the rec center where i witnessed this, the nets were not one continuous strand, but individual posts and nets. Would this same rule apply to an indoor location where the nets are all together? Only if you were playing on the outside courts where the post has unobstructed space.