The only reason I had the conversation with the assistant coach was he was right there in front of me while the head coach was still about 30 yards away. It was either deal with him right there, or run through him on my way to the head coach.

Also, I would like to add: As far as it becoming a technique to "stall" kickers, it's nice. As a former coach myself, I would have used it to that advantage. I just think the rule needs to be done away with because teams are getting into the mentality that once they yell timeout, it's supposed to be automatically given without regard to who yelled it.