Starting Wrong Direction

[Blindolbat]

No. It's not what you think.
R last night in 3 person crew started to toss for start of game and got buzzed over to bench. Came back to center circle and tossed the ball facing opposite the table. I started to blow my whistle, but decided against it to avoid some embarrassment in front of 500 fans. Game went off without a hitch otherwise, with some needling at halftime.
Afterwards though, some other officials that were watching thought either of the other two officials should've blown their whistle and turned the ref around. What does the group think?