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Where I am, we generally have the wings be responsible for counting the players of the team from the sideline they're working. If they think they have a shortage/overage, we tell em to count their players, or sometimes notify the coach after the fact that that they only had 10 on the precious play or whatever.
Had one yesterday where a team was starting to chirp a little bit, and they got themselves in a situation where they were on offense and only had 10 on the field. They subbed a couple times, and for 3 plays in a row, only had 10. The third time, they only got 6 on the line so I flagged em for illegal formation. When coach asked what the problem was, I said "You didn't have enough men on the LOS. You had 4 in the backfield." He said, "Well, 11-4 is still 7." I said, "Yes, but 10-4 is only 6." He then turned his ire where it was more appropriate, figuring out who wasn't out on the field when he should have been.
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