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First, if I could jump on my soapbox...It is OUr responsibility to ensure that the contest is conducted in a safe manner. Personally, whether they request a quick TO or not, if there is a dead ball, I call an offical TO and I make them tie their shoes. I would rather be safe than sorry, and I would be upset if I knew they were untied and the kid hurt him/herself.
Second, in this situation, I don't see how you can over rule this play. 1) It is not a correctable error. 2) In that officials mind, he offered, then was refused a TO by the player. The Varsity coach should have SEEN the count by the official, and called a TO himself. It might be questionable, I bet that ref never does this again, and it probably "looked" bad, but I see nothing wrong rule wise with what happened, except I would have T'd up the V coach. Nothing ticks me off faster than a higher level coach who comes down a level and thinks he know all.
My new maxim is " I will listen to Batman, but I had better not hear Robin".
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