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Originally Posted by Tim C
Again, it does not pay to say even the most simple of facts on this website.
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No offense Tim, but to consider it bravery to yell insults at an umpire is ridiculous.
I challenge you to find anyone, who is not a personal friend of the OP, that would call this brave.
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Originally Posted by Tim C
Knowing Tim as I do he made a well thoughtout and measured response to the calling umpire. He was "probably" not an over-the-top "daddy" type responder.
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So would you salute a coach for bravery that makes the same well thought out and measured comment to you?
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Originally Posted by Tim C
I said a "certain amount" bravery. And I stand by that.
Tim knew both that as his position as an umpire he could be criticize (or even penalized) for speaking his mind.
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I would call that a lack of discernment, not a measure of bravery.
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Originally Posted by Tim C
The decision to not only confront the original issue but to also bring it here for dicussion showed a "certain amount" of bravery.
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It does take guts to expose this type of dirty laundry to fellow officials, but your first reference to bravery was regarding his unsportsmanlike comment to the umpire, not his soul purging post.
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Originally Posted by Tim C
Don, after reading your posts for some time there isn't much we agree on . . . this is just another one of those issues.
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And despite your disagreement I bravely post on
