I've seen it all

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Why should the coach depend on getting a player's attention in order to get the time out when he is supposed to have the right to request one directly? It can't hurt to get the players to do that but their first priority is actually playing the game, not relaying messages between the coach and the officials when the officials are not paying attention., For such a situation to end in a T is not right. By the book, yes, but going by the book would have also led to a timeout before it got to that point.

I'm against the T here also. The officials should have gotten it, I agree, but they didn't. Their first priority is also the playing of the game, not the coach. For these reasons, the players should also be aware of the situation, and be quick to pick up and help the request be heard.