Timeout situation

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by Coach Bill

Varsity girls last night:

There was a loose ball on the floor and one of the girls pounced on it and her bench quickly called for a timeout before an opponent could tie her up. One official blew his whistle and granted the timeout, and then another official ran in and said that it wasn't the head coach calling for the timeout. A brief huddle and then they decided to go to the possession arrow. Was this handled correctly?

Happened last nite: From T (2 person) across the court, I hear the head coach yell, "Time! Time!", but had just whistled to bust that coach's girl for an obvious 3 seconds. Killing the play, I, facing the coach from between the circles, asked, "Coach, were you asking for a timeout?" I thought there was a chance she was requesting a TO to avoid a 3 second violation, which I've never really seen before. She responded, "No"; (she was apparently telling her players they had time on the clock before needing to shoot). I said, "Okay", then called the three seconds, and we went the other way with an OOB.
She would have been better off to just say, "Yes." But I guess she didn't know what I had when I whistled.
Goofy. But I'm the last person to say I've seen it all.