Head coach ejected; timeout interp

[simpson]

I kind of suspected people were handling this one a little differently. There's nothing I hate more than trying to enforce a rule on a sideline and having the response be, "we've been doing it all season."

Our WH reminds them during the pre-game conference. If I have an assistant try to call time out, I always look to the HC and ask "Time-out?"

I had my first sideline warning this year on Friday night. Home team is on the 5 going in on 4th and 1. During my pre-snap, I glance up my sideline and do a double take - the HC is standing on the numbers with his hands on his knees and his clipboard on the ground. When I told him what we had, he said, "I've been doing this all year." Ugh!