arizona v. stanford

[boiseball]

lets just agree that he was way onto the floor, in the middle of the action when the timeout was granted and the player had the ball in his hands for 2 or more seconds before a timeout was granted; had the look of a timeout that was "forced" on the ref because of where the coach was standing; It took so long to get called that I could not explain it away as merely "lag" time. Your thoughts?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by boiseball

lets just agree that he was way onto the floor, in the middle of the action when the timeout was granted and the player had the ball in his hands for 2 or more seconds before a timeout was granted; had the look of a timeout that was "forced" on the ref because of where the coach was standing; It took so long to get called that I could not explain it away as merely "lag" time. Your thoughts?

I don't whether the TO was forced or the official just didn't want to call a "T". You can't ignore a coach in that situation when he's that far out on the floor. You got to do something, and the only choices were a TO or a "T".

Of course, you also don't know if the coach was trying to call a TO before that and nobody noticed his request. I couldn't tell from the replay.