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Originally posted by goldcoastump
Elaine, I don't understand why you would come on this forum and throw down on your so-called fellow umpires. I was an umpire at the Gold and "yes" there were a few guys who were not that strong, but it's not good to be running folks down when we as umpires are our only friends. Over-all everybody did a pretty good job. By the way, congrad's to Serg for making it to Sunday.
[Edited by goldcoastump on Aug 16th, 2004 at 09:08 AM]
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From what I understand, half the umpires didn't see Saturday.
I can appreciate what Elaine is stating. I've been to tournaments when you wonder how one of the umpire ever got to that level.
Although they may be friends, when you're on that field, you need an umpire who knows their stuff and not let you hang out to dry. Been there, have had that done to me and the worse part is that when one umpire screws up, it is often the umpire who breaks from the mechanics trying to cover a play that looks bad. And that is not a good thing, expecially at a National.