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Originally Posted by RPatrino
In dealings with the veteran coaches, to use a blanket, "i'm not discussing judgement calls with you", is wrong. Bottomline, I treat a varsity HS coach or JC coach a lot differently then I do a lower level youth coach.
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I can see your point. But (you had to know that was coming), how do you handle the coaches that you don't really know?
For instance, in CT during State Playoffs, there comes a time when umpires are not permitted to work the games that include schools from their regular season area. Therefore, many umpires are walking into a very intense game and they have either never met, or barely know the coaches.
How does an umpire let these coaches know that (s)he is not willing to discuss judgement calls?