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Originally posted by rmstone
"we may as well let the coaches take care of the calls and we'll sit on the side lines."
Can we do that? Sounds good to me, do I still get paid?
This is funny cause you all get really bent out of shape over this... but your blowing it way out of proportion. NO ONE in any post so far has argued that "every call should be discussed" or you must "get every call right."
I'm not an apocalyptic, doomsday umpire that is trying to destroy baseball.
Put simply my argument is: no one should read the first post and say "NO!!! THE END IS COMMING!" I'm simply saying that there are rare situations where it is OK to ask for help! Not on every call, not every other call... I'm simply saying there are times when its ok. This has happened on TV twice and you all act like we should all start changing ALL out calls.
I'm gonna shut up now
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You can put words in the mouths of those that disagree with you, like so many here. But the reality is that the world is not going to end one way or another if we get a call wrong either. Getting it right is not the most important thing in my opinion. If my partner makes a call, who am I to change it? Who am I to tell my partner, that is suppose to make that call, I had a better look at it? There is a reason we do not change balls and strike calls. There should be a similar reason we do not change judgment calls either. If my partner needs help to make a decision, I will give help when he asks me. But I am not coming to someone to make a call I clearly have decided.
Now where you could cause some chaos, is when every call gets questioned because you are changing calls. How far are we going to take this? Because do not think a coach will not try to get you to change more calls when you go down that road. This is the very reason this coach was dumped in the game. We get paid to make judgment calls. Sometimes they are going to be wrong. And if he is watching his partner, what is he missing?
Peace