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Originally Posted by TheOracle
I agree with most saying this is not a really big deal. What I have not seen:
You should "hand off" all foul outs to one of your partners. As soon as you know it is 5, you should let a non-calling official notify the player, the coach, and start the clock. It removes all risk of the coach chipping at you for calling the foul, and you having to be near the table for that. Doing this may have helped your situation a little bit.
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Coach wasn't chipping about the foul. He was using a 20 second timeout that he's not entitled to use.
And your "remedy" is used in some areas, and no in others. Unless he's in an area that enforces this, then you don't know what he "should" do.