Deferring to parnter vs the rookie treatment

[paxsonref]

Maybe im missing something here, but are officials and coaches supposed to be enemies? (though it may seem like it at times) I dont see a big deal chatting with the coaches before a game, or after for that matter. Now on the same point I dont expect you to be talking strategy with the coach, but we are just people doing our jobs and in this case it happens to be in the same workplace, im not sure that communication is a bad thing. Now also to be said, im not going to leave my partner out of the conversation either. just a thought. . . .