In a healthy relationship, with a fully functional coach and a fully functional product owner, when asked about direction, schedule, and budget, the agile coach simply replies, “That’s a good question for the product owner. She has all the details.” A whole host of team problems can usually be remedied by teaching (or reteaching) the roles of agile coach and product owner. When you do this, include the team by asking them to hold both agile coach and product owner up to these role definitions and expect that they will fill them completely. Consider anything less an impediment.
