[wadeintothem]

well.. he was in the box, I made the call and he came running at me yelling just like on TV. I considered it charging.

I appreciate Mikes and everyones advice on this...

I am about to head off to do a Varsity game that will determine a playoff spot with a head coach of one of the teams that leaves much to be desired in the "good sport" category.. and his reputation is definately earned.

I have the plate .. but hopefully I have no stories to tell afterwards.

I also have a slow trigger.. and even mock some on here when they instantly respond "eject".. but I really felt what the coach did was unnecessary and certainly no one could fault a blue who did toss him. Most ejections I do, and both of them this year (which were really "benchings"), are rules based for malicious contact... not attitude based.

To be honest I may have ejected him but I know what happens afterwards, it just ends up being an ugly situation and doesnt really solve anything. If anything, an ejection leads to a crappy pissed off game. It doesnt fix it in most cases. The coach was good afterwards.. so it all worked out. But he definately was as close as I can get to pulling the trigger without pulling it. Plus I know this guy and over all hes a damn decent coach, even the way he interacts with his team. You know a coach first and foremost by the way he deals with his team. I think he missed his girl pulling her foot up... so all he saw was the girl beat the throw, which she did. She pulled it up during my pause before I make the call.. but he was doing his coaches "safe" thing and didnt see it.

Wish me luck with the "evil one".

[Edited by wadeintothem on May 12th, 2005 at 05:03 PM]