[GarthB]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by David Emerling

BTW, the very first post in this thread was by you.

Garth: "What is the difference, if any, in attitude and performance between and umpire who coaches, acting as an umpire, and a coach who umpires, acting as an umpire?"

So I don't really understand how you can say that *I* asked the question and that I shouldn't ask it unless I don't want to hear your good faith answer. I believe I was answering YOUR question.

David Emerling
Memphis, TN

[Edited by David Emerling on Aug 25th, 2004 at 02:42 AM]

You don't understand? Short term memory problem, Dave? This was your post to me:

Just for the record, Garth. You're saying that an individual who coaches is necessarily going to bring attributes into his umpiring that will not serve him (or the game) well. Is that correct?

If not, exactly what is your position on this? You throw around the phrase "coach who umpires" in an unmistakably denigrating way. If I were a fireman, would I be a "fireman who umpires?" Should stockbrokers be allowed to umpire? Should baseball fans be allowed to umpire?

At least I'm making a case for my opinion. What's YOUR case? What kind of reasoning goes behind your opinion that coaches make bad umpires? ... or, that coaches shouldn't umpire ... or, that coaches can't umpire?... or, well, that coaches shouldn't be allowed to umpire ... or, just what are you claiming?

Unless the rules of language have changed drastically, there are a few quetions there. And they seem to be directed at me. If I'm wrong about this I certainly apoloize.