Back in my mud-slinging days, we did a whole lot of pumping. We pumped stucco on big jobs and small jobs, and when we hit the jobsite, we were like ants on an apple. Every worker had their individual tasks but we all worked together, as one unit, in harmony. First the nozzleman, hose puller and hoddy, would set about getting the pump prepped and the hose lined out. Everyone else was masking the area where we would be starting and would continue masking in the direction of the areas we wanted to complete that day.
This was about a half hour worth of team effort before the mud would hit the end of the hose and then, it was game time. We first brought up the rod or darby guys, usually two of them, and kept the rest still masking. Spray, spray, spray, knockdown, knockdown, knockdown and when it was time to float, we brought up a float guy or two while the rest kept on masking. Same dance, every job, regardless of the size. Oh... what a thing of beauty, we belonged to a team of professionals working as one, hitting goals, kicking butt and taking names, Stuccotopia.