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But think what the coach probably told his captains. I'll bet it was "If they win the toss, we want to kick from the scoreboard end." (with the wind). Oops, he forgot to tell them "If they win the toss and take the ball...."
We avoid that kind of problem by responding back to the other team (after winner of toss has deferred) so you'll take the ball this half? That way we avoid the messy discussion with the irate coach even though his players "did what they were told". This is my 4th year of being the U at the coin toss and we have not let one of those boneheaded calls go in a HS game yet.
We did let it go in a JC game once when after we tried three times to get the winning team to defer, they kept insisting that the coach said he wanted them to kick, so kick they did, in both halves.
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