Technical situation - no pun intended :)

[Mike Burns]

I agree with BktBallRef that a "T" is not called for in this situation. I would give another shot on the whistle or walk up to the players and say, authoritatively, "Stop when you hear the whistle".

Had there been a lot of physical play in the game up to this point? Maybe the offical was trying to get the game under control. Even so, I would not give a Tech for this.