(Survey) Pregame meeting with Head Coaches

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Scooby

B the whole crew. As the referee I have the wing that is on that coaches sideline go over certain aspects with the coach, such as sideline communication and communication with the wideouts.

As for wasting time, there is a lot of time to waste prior to the kickoff.

We get on the field 30 minutes prior to kickoff. The U and I (the R) go to the teams (and after check in the footballs) while the LJ and L walk the field, moving pylons, checking goalpost pads, measuring the chains, etc. BJ goes to the booth to talk to the timer.

10 minutes later (6:40PM), we have the coin toss.

After the toss, we meet and we (the U and myself) give everyone else the captains numbers, etc., and then we split up -- 2 of us on each end watch the teams run their sets to see if we can get any insight. The L talks to the chain crew and both wings talk to the ball boys (or girls). With about 2 minutes on the clock before the introductions / anthems, we meet at the 20 at the side we will have the receivers, opposite the pressbox for the anthem. We line from the 25 to the 20 on the sideline for the anthem, R in the middle.

There's plenty of time, but we manage to use it all up without being bored.