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Mark...
(1) Your Jr. High story is good, but as for applying it to the ball game, it's a bit of a stretch.
(2) At the varsity level and beyond, the less we have to say to the players and coaches the better. HC, JR, and Dan are right - tell him to watch the plane, and leave it. Less is more.
(3) How can you T the kid when it was YOU who initiated what could easily have been construed as a confrontational remark - HC is right, asking a player "do you understand" is basically asking him "I think you're stupid".
(4) A "T" is supposed to make the game better. There is no way you will ever convince me a T here would have made things better. All you would have done is make yourself look like a pompous, arrogant, jackDexter (sorry Mark, you've started a trend!)
I agree with everything you said about expecting a standard of behaviour from kids. But if you look objectively, without your biases, you will see that this situation is NOT the same thing.
Good luck this weekend!
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