what relatioship do official's have with assistant coaches before and during the game

[Tim Roden]

I agree with my fellow officials on this issue 99% of the time. I did however sit in on a pregame early on where the veteran offical knew that the assistant had a better repor with the players then the head coach did. He told his partner that if any problems start to come up with players he needs to talk to the assistant along with the head coach.