[reddevil19]

So in other words, if an official going down the court and happens to hear a coach say "d*mmit son, you have got to get around that screen" in a conversational tone, face-to-face with the player in a coaching moment, that's something worth stopping the game for? Isn't that a classic case of what you guys like to call "OOO?"

The particular situation I describe above was even more laughable considering that 2 games, 1 broken arm and a lot of pain killers later, the same official didn't even flinch when I dropped an F-bomb (the only time I ever did that in 8 years) on him loud enough for everyone to hear because I was extremely irritated he refused to grant the time-out I was requesting legally, while standing right next to him, having him make eye-contact with me twice, while signalling with a bright red cast on my arm. (Exact words, after player dribbles into opposite corner, picks up dribble, gets called for 5 second count, and then the official asks me if I wanted time and says, "I didn't see you asking for time," were, "How could you NOT. I HAVE THIS GIANT F'ING RED CAST ON MY ARM AND I WAS SIGNALLING [demonstrated signal again] IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE???" I turned around and sat down on my own expecting hear the whistle. Surprisingly, when I sat down, he was still looking at me with a deer/headlights look. His partner was laughing on the other side of the court, asked me if I still wanted timeout and then put the ball back in play.)