[TussAgee11]

Tony - thanks for the stuff about player vs coach, long distance sniping vs in close stuff. That is the stuff that I need to hear more and more about in the years to come. Your post is certainly a good start.

As for good EJ bad EJ, and perhaps this will clear up the coach at Louisville, RPatino's, concerns;

To start, I thought it was a good EJ in the sense that he needed to be EJ'd after the yelling spasm. Perhaps we didn't get there the best way though.

Now, I still think its a good EJ in the sense that he needed to be EJ'd after his neck vein popped in 2. But I also think I could have done things differently and we wouldn't have gotten to that point.

If that makes it a bad EJ, then so be it. The way I'm viewing it is a warrented EJ after some missed game management opportunities on my part. Next time, I will explore other avenues, and if he blows a gasket again, I'll have to dump him again then too. And then I'll have to tweak again for the next time, and again and again...

I'm not meaning to sound belligerent, I am soaking in what you're saying, in fact, I want to hear more. I wish I could do some roleplaying excercises (the umpiring kind) or something. I feel like I just have very limited practice at the elite level in dealing with this stuff.

Only time I get practice is when this crap happens, then I have to come here and post to learn about what should be done next time.