I've seen it all

[bob jenkins]

I was watching a prelim game a couple of weeks ago, and A scored in a situation where you "knew" B would want a TO. Both officials looked at Coach B, who did nothing. Then, just as his team inbounded the ball, he started to request the TO. By then, everyone's attention was on the game and he didn't get his TO until several seconds had passed -- maybe 5 seconds, out of the 8 or so remaining.

So, it's also on the coach to request the TO in a timely manner. And, as long as they want to keep the right to request it, they need to accept the fact that it's not always going to be granted as quickly as they want.