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Originally posted by Bandit
I have been a slow pitch and fast pitch player. I have umpired both slow pitch and fast pitch sometimes up to the highest educational level. I have organized &/or coached both young teams and old man teams. I am a true believer that having been involved as a player and coach it makes me a better umpire.
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Funny, most good umpires believe just the opposite, that being an umpire would make you a better coach and player.
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Would you rather have students teaching our sons and daughters math and science or would rather have teachers who used to be students teaching. How can you you be a teacher before being a student?
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Can someone please tell me what students teaching teachers has anything to do with the statement I made?
It sounds to me that Bandit is insinuating the the players and coaches are the teaches and the umpire the student.
I have never had a player/coach turn umpire that did not state that the umpire clinics and schools taught them much more about the game and rules than they ever imagined.
[Edited by IRISHMAFIA on Nov 10th, 2004 at 10:58 PM]