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Originally posted by SanDiegoSteve
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Originally posted by PWL
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Originally posted by SanDiegoSteve
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Originally posted by PWL
I never pay the least slight attention to coaches yelling from the dugout or from the coaching boxes In fact, I have never had an ejection.
I call time. Walk over to the dugout. I say calmly, "It ends right now or I'm going to eject the person I think is responsible. You might want to want to get somebody ready in the bullpen". Not that I would do that of course, but it really quites them down a lot.
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No, I don't take a lot of crap. And you know why? That is taken care of at the pre-game meeting.
Now, don't think I won't eject someone if I have to.
Correct me if I'm wrong. If you have a lot of ejections, does that mean you lost control somewhere or maybe you are calling a crappy game? Do the coaches not respect you? It's got to something.
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What do you say in your meeting to keep the coaches off of you later, maybe I can pick up a pointer.
You haven't ejected one yet, so how do you know you would?
Okay, you are wrong, so I am correcting you. I never said that I have a lot of ejections, I said I have even less now, because coaches know I won't take a lot of BS, but I never had that many to start with. I have never ejected a coach, or player, who didn't absolutely deserve to be run.
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Actually, I lay down my set of ground rules before the game. What I expect out of the coaches and the players. I tell a coach if he has player getting out of line he needs to take care of it or I will. I tell the coaches not to call time and question balls and strikes, what they can appeall and cannot If they need to come out on the field, call time and let the head coach come out. I let them know I'm not going to another umpire just because they want me to.
I have been very fornunate with the coaches and players I have umpired. I have never had a complaint to my association. Just like you say, once they know you, they get used to you.
I have had a lot of experienced coaches at the higher levels and that helps. What I don't understand is why I have to take crap off umpires on the forum.
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