Perhaps if you went to talk to your partner first, instead of talking to the coach you could have avoided some of the problems, like the T. Your partner at the time didn't know that the ball went to the wrong team. If he had been informed about what happened both of you could then deal with the coach on the same level.
in your description, from your partner's point of view (playing devil's advocate here) all he knows at the timeout is that the coach is going ballistic on you for some reason. Maybe he thinks he needs to step in and save you with the T - especially if he doesn't know what instigated the coach's behavior.
Bottom like is: communication is key - when something like that goes wrong it's more important to communicate with your partner first, then deal with coaches.
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