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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Did you ever think of going to your fellow umpire instead of the coach, and trying to help with that umpire's training?
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Going to the umpire after the game is an excellent thing to do, but what if the error is correctable at the time? An incorrect base award immediately comes to mind.
I take it from a previous post you do not officiate baseball, but I seem to remember you do work basketball, so I will use a basketball example. The rule changed in high school a few years back regarding not shooting free-throws on a team possession foul. Assume it is in the last seconds of a tied game the first game of the first season of the rule change. The offensive post player pushes the defender in an attempt to get position. The officials forget about the rule change and signal a one-and-one for the other team. If an official/parent is sitting in the stands behind the bench, and he leans forward and whispers in the coach's ear to remind him of the rule change, is he a backstabber?