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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.

So long as the rule book is reads the way it does, the HEAD COACH has the RIGHT to request a time out. As time goes by, fewer and fewer PLAYERS ever call time out. It is incumbent upon the officials to be AWARE of the situation.

I do NOT mean to imply that all three or both officials should be fixated on the coaches' boxes during the game, BUT, game situations should cause one of the officials (typically NOT the official with the ball in his primary) to glance at the attacking team bench during these situations.

A glance (by ONE of the officials) takes under a tenth of a second. Failing to do so can ruin an otherwise great game.