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JJ
I went ballistic in the sense that I called him out saying that sportsmanship goes both ways and that he can't go after my players and that the ejection was a terrible call. High school baseball is not youth baseball in that the coaches are paid to coach and wins and losses affect our continued employment. I absolutely accept that what I did after the ejection was wrong, but surely you can recognize that high school athletes can appreciate a coach standing up to a tyrannical umpire.
I truly appreciate that most of you have given support and recognize that an umpire can aggravate the situation if it is not handled properly. JJ, You give both the players and coaches far to little credit in assuming that they would extrapolate from this instance that going ballistic is OK. I always preach to my players to control what they have in their power to control, which is never the umpire. I am sure that you do not believe my description of the situation, but if you are ejected without ever having said anything to the umpire, clearly something is wrong.
I accept what I did after the ejection was wrong, but remember, you do not have the pressure of your record in part determining your continued employment. I would say that things went far beyond not "going my way".
You represent a perfect example of the type of condescending attitude coaches fear and despise. Unfortunately those umpires stick in our memory longer than the many quality umpires we get to work with.
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