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Scyguy;
Many years ago, I had some of the same reactions that you describe. I was ready to quit officiating. I was a "keep 'em in the game" kind of umpire.
Then I started ejecting the ba$tards with reckless abandon and I started feeling a whole lot better. (And they started leaving me alone.) Now that I do mostly NCAA level ball, everyone pretty much behaves anyway.
Bottom line, do not go away from a game feeling like you should have ejected someone. It will eat at you for days or even years (like every time that you have do the SOBs game again.) It is far better to eject someone too quick than to not eject them when you should have. You will sleep better at night and be in the power position the next time you do their games.
Psychologists have noted in numerous studies that workers who feel powerless, are less satisfied and less productive. You are feeling all the symptoms of loss of power over your work. There is nothing like a few ejections to restore it.
Peter
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