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Originally Posted by mattmets
As I'm sitting here trying to come up with my goals for this year, I'm looking back at situations I came across this year and I was wondering if you guys had any advice for me.
1) 13-15 game, I'm working by myself as partner didn't show. 2nd inning, slow roller to third. 3B picks it up, fires to first, gets the runner by a half-step to a step. My eyes see it, but for some reason my head says safe. Somehow, I don't catch hell from any players, coaches, or parents. As soon as my arms went up, I was ready, because I knew I had kicked it. Had the defensive coach said something, I don't think I could have changed the call. The call stood, and the defensive team ended up getting killed, so it didn't impact the game. Had the coach come out to talk to me, could I have changed the call? I don't think I could have, because they would have eaten me alive after that, and I don't know if I could have dealt with the $h!tshow from the offensive coach I changed the call on.
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At this level, you can *sometimes* get away with immediately changing the call yourself. "Safe. No Out, Out." I wouldn't recommend that you do this more than once a month. And, once a team complains, it's too late to change it, or it looks like you are reacting to their complaint.
OTOH, if no one complained, maybe your head was right and your eyes were wrong.
