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Well the coaches had a discussion with the PU and he must have sold the call to them, not sure how. They did NOT like it but they walked away calmly. They had a history with this umpire he has worked a lot of tournies that they have hosted and I think they knew from past times he was not going to budge on his interp of the situation so they agreed to disagree quite respectfully.
BU was standing in "D" position seeing the whole play waiting for PU to ask for help, which the request never came. He did walk in as coaches attended to the girl and then coach 1 took her off the field and coach 2 started talking to PU, but since conversation was calm and level headed he stayed a few steps back waiting to be asked for input.
One more note from some of the replies- If he had wondered about control the whole play why didn't he ask her to show him the ball prior to the initial call of out? I know if I have a doubt I will call for the ball prior to banging an out! Once I call it whatever happens next is a following play IMO.
Now as a UIC (I know I am hijacking my own thread!!!) would you view this as a protestable call?? My thought is no, as the PU judged that she lost the ball as a result of the slide. Again my interp was it was a following play that made her lose it but if in his opinion it was a result of the play then there is no misinterp of a rule so no protest would you agree? (there wasn't an attempt to protest just wondering if they had)
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