Dozens of people at Wednesday night's opening performance obviously would have benefited from the warning.
West, whose two-diamond opening was obviously influenced by the favorable vulnerability and the third-seat situation, was Jim Cayne.
With Kasten standing in the corner of the room, Friedman said in his opening remarks, "Obviously, this is a little bit of an unusual situation and something that's out of the ordinary.
"We were working hard, creating openings and obviously when you have somebody like Berba (Dimitar Berbatov) in the team, he is always going to create chances.
Wie, 23, has two top-10 finishes in 2013, one more than last year, but also seven missed cuts, including a withdrawal from the United States Women's Open after an opening 80. "Obviously it's been a tough year," Wie said.
He said, "I do not deliberately play openings that are obviously bad.
It was obviously an opening bid, subject to negotiation, but it showed he is serious about reaching an agreement.
"He's obviously an opening batsman so if there was an injury to someone batting at six it doesn't mean he's the next cab off the rank". .
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To lose to England in the opening game of the Six Nations obviously makes it very tough for us in the Championship.
