Coach giving wrong signal

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Originally posted by BigJoe
I agree that the coach made a "bone-head play" here. But, if I had told the bench that they were out of time outs and they acknowledged it, I may have been less likely to grant the time out just with a signal. Just something to throw into the discussion. When a team is out of time outs in a close ballgame I convey the time out totals to my partner as well so he would know not to grant the TO as well. But I agree with the rest, once you grant the time out it is granted. You can't take it back.

I'm with big joe. This could have been avoided with some preventive officiating. Knowing the TO situation and conveying the information to your partner(s) is important to game management.