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Originally posted by Sal Giaco
Rut,
Right again, baseball compared to basketball is fairly easy but I think football is the easiest to officiate. Anyways, the difference between coaches in the NCAA and coaches in PRO ball is that you can stick up for yourself in proball. They give it to you, you can fire back. In college however, if you go at it with a coach, you are viewed as aggressive, cocky, instigator, etc.
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I think football can only be easy if you work the same position for a long time. If you move around and work a lot of positions in many different games, you will have to make some constant adjustments and potentially have to deal with rules that you might not be as comfortable with.
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Originally posted by Sal Giaco
Moreover, NCAA coaches, for the most part, don't know how or when to argue. They come out on the dumbest plays and say the stupidest things. For example, I had a D-I BASE coach argue with my partner (shouting across the field), so I told him, "hey, knock it off - let Jim (the HEAD Coach) take care of it." His reply was, "I'm the assistant coach, I can say what I want out here."
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Now that is funny.
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Originally posted by Sal Giaco
Yes, that was at the D-I level (MAC Conference). I just shook my head in disbelief and looked at my partner and said, "he's all yours".
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This proves my point. It sounds like your partner has to prove how big time he is. I have found that if you are going to dumb a coach, just dump the coach. They rolled the dice. You are just doing your job.
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Originally posted by Sal Giaco
By the way, I was just joking with the "clueless" comment. Nice job refraining from firing back. As I said, you did make some good points.
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I did not take your comment personal. I just think that a lot of umpires here spend more time trying to prove they can handle themselves on the baseball diamond instead of just proving it with what they have done on the field. I know I probably will take more heat for my comments. Oh well, what else is new.
Peace