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Originally posted by Tim C
"I am taking that I have their respect because this year to determine who called regional state playoffs we used rating from COACHES."
If I was the type that wanted to start a Friday "$h1thouse" I could suggest that the rats selected you because they knew you could be easily manipulated and therefore had little "respect" but were part of their plan.
Of course I am way above starting an issue like that in any thread.
Tee
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I know you're not trying to start a sh!thouse, and neither am I.
But your logic doesn't make sense if BOTH coaches have to agree on the selection.
Let's say I'm Coach Rat1 of the McAllen Bulldogs, and for the Regional Playoffs I want Tee Chris as the umpire because I can easily manipulate him. Certainly, Coach Rat2 of the Edinburg Bobcats will know what Rat1 is planning: After all, they are both familiar with the umpire -- and each other.
There's just no getting round it: If
both coaches must agree in advance on who will umpire the game, the umpires chosen are not picked because they are easily manipulated. They are picked because they are
not easy to push around.
Lots of umpires, like you, are not familiar with a system where coaches select their umpires.
For five years in a row I was picked by Tony Barbosa, the coach of Brownsville Pace, three times reaching the area championship round. Coach Barbosa did not particularly like me (I umpired him when he pitched in D1), but he always figured I could keep control of the game. I learned that after he and I had both retired, so he had nothing to gain by being candid.