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Originally posted by Carl Childress
Therefore, my philosophy of game control is well known to you: Control the coach (with as much redass as you think necessary), and you won't have trouble with the players.
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I agree with that philosophy, but it has to be established first. In our area most all of our officials use that same standard for the coaches, however, when we get "out of towners" like we are now with state playoffs going on, you run into all kinds.
However, as has been stated, it doesn't take long to let them know what will and won't be tolerated.
As far as locals this weekend, F2 batting and disagrees with called strike. Before PU could say anything, coach has called time and takes a long time to discuss with F2 how badly his behavior could affect the rest of the day. (their team was scheduled to play again that night in loser's bracket game with the same umpires)
A good coach (trained by the umpires) can go a long way in these type of game management situations.
Thanks
DAvid