Who should call the timeout.

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust

The only problems before were the players not hearing and/or responding to the coach.

The players weren't hearing the request, so they changed the rule to allow the referee to grant the coaches' requests directly. Now, when officials don't hear them, the coach has something to complain about.

And whoever said coaches should teach their players to mirror their request is exactly right. How many officials are going to miss when six people are asking for a timeout?