[JRutledge]

This is all on the coach to get the attention of the ref. The ref might not see or hear them in a very loud and packed gym. Yes, the officials should be looking, but we are not going to be staring at the bench to try to figure out if they are calling for a timeout or not. Coaches have lost all common sense and stopped having their players request timeouts, especially when our attention is mainly go to be where the players are. The need to be like football, the coaches cannot timeout. Or at the very least, say during a live ball or with the clock running they cannot call a timeout.

Peace