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Kent........I agree with you from a coaches perspective that asking an umpire for help and having it granted is a bit of a rush.......for just a moment.....we (as coaches) got one over on the umpire........(I coached for 10 years......and am still assisting this year......Arggghhhhh......but that is another story).
But when does it stop? If I allow a coach to question my judgement call......are they going to come out on every call they don't like or don't agree with?
If I grant one request.......shouldn't I grant them all? After all.....my partner may have seen it differently.
I do not have a problem with a coach coming out to question a call........I do have a problem with a coach demanding that I go for help to my partner.
I thought that this was one of the SET IN STONE rules of umpiring.....
I agree with Steve that if there could have been a pulled foot or a swipe tag.......you can go to your partner and ask......"do you have a tag"? or "did she pull her foot"? But this is NOT something that has been taught at any of the ASA clinics I have attended.
I think the reasoning that it is not taught is if the PU in this situation was watching something else.......and they look at you with the "deer in the headlights look".........you wind up looking really super dumb.
Call what you see and don't call what you don't see.
I do like the 5 rules that has been published on the BB boards.........but I am afraid that the pulled foot or swipe tag would not work with ASA because we have not been trained to look for these situations.
Also.......Steve.......in the FED book, 10-1-4 reads almost identical to the ASA book......I do not see where it is suggested that we go for help when asked?
JMHO
Joel
[Edited by Gulf Coast Blue on Feb 19th, 2001 at 10:40 PM]
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