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Originally posted by jicecone
Hey Windy, sometimes obeservations are not much different than opinions. I don't believe it was necessary to entertain that coaches, nor yours.
Have a good Day. [/B]
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Owwww, time to get a thicker shirt, your skin is a little sensitive.
You said that you worked over 300 games in multiple sports with only a few ejections. You used it as a basis for your vast bank of knowledge concerning this subject. I didn't make it up.
You made an observation AND had an opinion, so did I. Just like you felt it important to Lord your experience over the thread starter, when you have worked at my level, then you can second guess my advice. For someone who told us to suck it up and ignore it, you certainly can't take it.
I won't lose sleep if you don't like the advice. It is what it is; help for a younger umpire. There is no room at that level for a coach to set the tone at a pre-game meeting. Maybe we run our pre-game's differently...
I advised that I would not run him at the meeting, but I would acknowledge him. If this is under the guise of playing along or overtly stating that, "Yes, I made a mistake yesterday, but I didn't call you names." it will get accomplished. Relax a little bit, opinions are like ***holes, everyone's got one and some really stink. I thought my advice was helpful. Others apparently understood.
[Edited by WindyCityBlue on Aug 4th, 2004 at 03:04 PM]