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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Dave it sounds like you care what coaches think. I do not care what coaches think.
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On some matters - yes, I
do care.
For instance, I want them to think I'm a good umpire.
If
you want the coaches to think
you're a good umpire, then you,
too, care what they think. True?
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Let them roll their eyes; I want the game to keep moving. If the coaches choose to not comply, I have rules to convince them. Dave this is not much different as a football official and basketball official. There are sideline warnings and coaching box issues we have to deal with and I hear all the time "no one else enforces that." My answer is always, "Coach I do not care what they did before, but today this is how it is going to be enforced." You would be surprised how many fall in line. Most of the time I think that is a bunch of crap on there part anyway on their part. They are just seeing what they can get away and are testing.
Peace
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I'll agree that when a coach says, "no one else enforces that," that he is frequently just being manipulative and it oftentimes isn't even true.
But, in
this case, it would be
absolutely true!
Did you see the umpire in the videoclip? That gentleman is a typical Memphis-area umpire. And the players you are observing are members of the region's most respected baseball program with an outstanding staff of competent coaches.
It's not about what ONE coach thinks ... it's about what they ALL think.
Believe me, if you grated on the nerves of EVERY coach in the area, you can stand on a righteous podium all you want and point to the page and paragraph in the book ... it won't do you an ounce of good. Your umpire career will be stagnant. If that's not important to you, then fine. You can be a crusading trailblazer with a righteous cause - and perhaps change the world.
Fair? Probably not.
Just a harsh fact.
David Emerling
Memphis, TN