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I had the exact opposite problem once.
I was across the court from the bench and the coach was saying something I could not hear, but directed at me. At the same time she was giving, what looked like, a 30-sec timeout signal.
So she got a 30-second timeout.
As I reported the timeout she angrily told me she was saying and showing "call the 'over the back'".
Coaches calling a timeout is convenient for coaches, but it definately causes difficulties for officials. The worst part is that you must take your eyes off the ball to "visually" confirm the request. Then you turn your eyes back to the court and the ball is loose or going the other direction. One coach is angry if you grant the timeout the other coach is angry if you don't. This certainly doesn't help game management
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