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Old Mon Dec 05, 2005, 10:30pm
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Originally posted by WhatWuzThatBlue
I know you and respect where you work. Let me ask you a question; have you ever dumped a coach who was in the dugout? No one can see him red-assing you, so why use the demonstrative ejection? He wins and you look bad.
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Even if the coach is in the dugout, I am demonstrative when I eject him. I want everyone, not just him, to know that he's crossed the line. If I try to do a "subtle" dump, the perception is that I would like him to "quietly" leave. He never will (leave quietly). I'd rather have a "show of force" up front on my end, so he'll know if he comes out for a piece of me he'll know I'm not intimidated by him.
Unfortunately, ejections are seldom neat, clean, and quiet. It would be wonderful to just use one finger and wave him gone...but I missed that class in "The Dark Arts".
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