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To Jim S. Let me clarify what I said. I was liberal in my comment about looking cross eyed and throwing him out. When I umpired, and even today in football, I let any coach question a call. I will grant a conference to explain what I did.
It is when they get personal that I get annoyed. There is nothing wrong with questioning a call, the interpretation, the application. It is after explaining it to them and they start to tell you that you don't know the game, bad call, etc. etc. that I will throw the flag.
In baseball, I always allowed coaches to question a call. I would explain the rule. I even accepted comments about my strike zone. Again, it was only after the personal comments that I tossed them.
All I was saying is that we are a lot more tolerant in football that we are in baseball. Perhaps it is because we are further away from the coaches and hear less, I don't know.
As a coach in baseball, I saw a lot of umpires abuse their position and try to use their position of authority.
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