To tea or not to tea....

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Rich

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Prior to the written warning becoming part of the game, I had this EXACT SAME circumstance on an OOB call in the first 30 seconds of the game with a coach who gets whacked at least a dozen times a season. I should've whacked him right then -- he ended up getting one in the second quarter when I was tired of him.

When I get that from a coach, it's almost always the first time I'm working in front of them. I always address it with "Coach, are we really going to start this already?" Especially when it's something that happened right in front of the crew and 40-60 feet from the coach.