When is "too late?"

[KJUmp]

Originally Posted by Stu Clary

Sorry, KJ, but but in my opinion that's a case of Over Officiatiating.

Stu,
Absolutely a fair point. And I am not by nature anywhere close to being an OOO....it's just not my style.

Here was the thing though, it was a tourney elimination game. What would I have done if I had let the red team change their choice, and the white team HC complained? That was the one thing thing that came to my mind when it became obvious that the red team captain had blundered.

I guess if I had let the red team change their choice, and the white HC disagreed, he always could have lodged a protest with the TD.

I'm not trying to make a case here for my decision as to how I dealt with the sitch as being the "right way" to handle it. For all I know, I could have been 100% dead wrong. But I did have to make a decision on the spot. This wasn't about looking for a nit to pick.

Being as how I can't find anything (yet) in either the ASA Rule Book, Case Book, or Umpire's Clinic Manual covering the proper procedure for coin flips; the question I'll throw out to the board is....what should we do if there is some kind of mess-up during a coin flip? What is the best/proper way to handle it?
Opinions please. Citations/references if you have any that are pertinent.