Nevadaref,
I think you are reading way too much into that rule. Someone is the acting coach after the HC is ejected or not present (for any number of reasons). Unless you can find me a ruling that suggests otherwise, I would allow a coach to call timeouts if the original HC was not available.
Peace
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