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Originally posted by WestMichBlue
Comments here and on McGriff's BB board suggest that many feel the ump was a wimp for not ejecting the coach, thus preventing the rest of the uglyness.
... Of course, if they ever go way too far, then I have a way of letting them know that they are at the end of the rope and if they so much as walk too fast towards me, they are history.
On the other hand, if you want to talk Travel Team or Rec League, then you ought to see all the notches in my belt. They call me "trigger happy," my tolerance level is much less there then in the H.S. game.
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While accepting the fact that most school ball coaches are teachers, I don't accept the fact that this means the umpire should accept more abuse from them. I also do not give ultimatums. I will remind a coach that certain acts are against the rules (e.g. arguing judgment calls) or remind him of his responsibilies (e.g. controlling the fans), but I don't give "One more word..." kind of ultimatums.
I wasn't suggesting being "trigger happy" at all (that's not good in either school ball or summer ball, IMO).
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"I told Mr. Kerkman to go sit down in the dugout," Weakly said. "The coach initially refused my requests, and after telling him to sit down several more times, his fans became belligerent with me."
Bill Condon, the base umpire for the game, said Weakly asked Kerkman to return to the dugout three times. Kerkman said it was once. But protesting a judgment call is a violation of NSAA rules.
Weakly then asked Kerkman to control his fans. According to Condon, Kerkman responded: "They paid their admission, they can do whatever they want."
"That just incited them to get a little louder," Condon said.
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1) Arguing a judgment call.
2) Refusing to return to his dugout when instructed to by the umpire.
3) Inciting the fans.
4) Refusing to attempt to quiet the fans as instructed by the umpire.
5) Loudly defending the fans "right" to be obnoxious.
6) Further inciting the fans.
Stop me anytime with where you would pull the trigger on this guy. I'd do it somewhere between #2 and #4, depending on the attitude of the coach at the beginning. If he came out hot and yelling (unsaid in the article, but a reasonable assumption), he'd be gone after #2, no warning.