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Originally posted by PWL
I would have notified the defensive coach of this.
As an umpire, this is the WORST thing to do and I advise STRONGLY against it. Now for the rest of the game you have just "hung your partner out to dry", meaning his/her credibility will be challenged on every close call etc.
Do not tell Coaches anything as in the long run you will be burned.
There's a REASON in addition to a PRE-GAME we have a POST Game and these kinds of things should be left for after the game away from everybody.
In addition since you just alerted the defensive coach the game can turn into chaos because when you do need your partners help he will not be there and say "Hey skip talk to the PU it's not my call"
Bottom line here, do not go looking for RULES about protocol until AFTER the game. All that happend here is that the BU made a pre-mature call that we all have made at one time or another.
The time to get your point across is in the
the POST Game meeting and not DURING the game. Also, do not tell COACHES anything as IMO that would cause me not to work with someone more so than a pre-mature call.
Pete Booth
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Peter M. Booth
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