[jkumpire]

Men,

I believe there is one point missing from the discussion here.

Depending on the level, which in this case I assume is FED, if the head coach goes, and there is no replacement coach on the field, the game might be over. I'm trying to remember since I have no books with me, but in the state I work in mostly, if there is not a coach, and he gets the boot, the game is over.

In frosh/JV ball, a lot of schools only have one coach. So it might be a case that if you run the guy for his tirade, you are unintentionally cheating the players, they get no game that day, and maybe for a couple more games. I might give someone a little more rope in a lower level game for the sake of the players, but not much.

I guess as well, once of twice in my career, I put up with some bad behavior for one simple reason: If the player wants to get the thumb, I keep him around only becuase it is more painful for him to hang around and be part of getting his team's rear end kicked then to let him leave the scene of the crime. And make sure he gets a zone so big he never smells a pitch to hit.

The other alternative in this case since it was a FED game is to have the PU or BU restrict the coach to the dugout. And it sounds like this would be a perfect situation to use this in. Punish the guy, but not forefit the game. And it puts the coach in his place.

Having said all that, if you think he needs to go immediately for his stupidity, he has sure done enough to eject himself IMO.