Talking to Refs, Part 1

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by Rookie
Dan, if an Asst Coach ask you a question during a TO would you answer it, assuming he has been minding his P's and Q's all game. Personally, I don't see a problem here, but I have been known to give Asst coaches too much slack.

Yeah, during timeouts in a really critical part of the game
if I had not seen the assistant all game and he came to me
hat in hand I might answer while the head coach talked to
his team. But it's been my experience that the head coach will still want to hear it directly from me anyway.

My advice to you is generally give assistants no slack.
Really, you'll be better off in the long run.