Please put yourself in the coaches shoes. I've been there as most of us have. An ump will make a call and be pretty sure of it, but he couldn't have seen the pulled foot or juggled ball from his angle. This can be very disconcerting for a coach to have no recourse to right a wrong.
As an umpire, if the coach appeals to the ump making the call, with a specific attribute (e.g. pulled foot) and as the umpire I realize that I'm not absolute and the other ump has a benificial angle, then and only then, I will ask the other ump for information. Note that I'm not giving him the call, only requesting specific information that may influence my call.
We have a form of this in the rule book for the check swing appeal. In OBR the check swing appeal can't be denied.
I also know some coaches try to appeal all calls and if one appeal works, then all calls will be challenged.
Just anouther perspective.
Kent
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