[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Adam

When I have this, I make them choose right away. I'm not going to play a guessing game of who is the head coach, and I'm not going to wait until the game starts to know. If neither stands before one requests a timeout, I want to know who to listen to. If a player needs to be replaced before one of them stands, I want to know who to talk to. If a bench player gets a T before one of them stands, I want to know who gets the indirect T. Advise them they need to pick before the game starts, give them a minute to sort it out in "private," then get the answer.

When I'm working a team I've never worked before, I ask when we go over for handshakes "who's the boss?". I have partners who will ask the players who the HC is during warm-ups. There is really no excuse for us not to garner that information prior to tip-off.