Mind your own business?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by just another ref

I thought this was a given.

I would have thought so, too. The official in the OP, apparently, did not.

Originally Posted by just another ref

I don't follow this. How would you know to grant it if you didn't hear it?

Situational awareness. I know we're supposed to hear and see, but in this case if the coach is clearly making his way, ever so slowly, onto the court with his hands in the T sign and mouthing the words "Time Out," I'll consider this close a case where seeing is enough.

If I'm wrong, I'll eat the IW and we'll move on. The ball's already dead.