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Originally Posted by outathm
How would you handle this situation? A coach who was thrown out of a league for assaulting an umpire is now back in the same league coaching again.
When the assigner was asked by the assaulted umpire why this was he was told that the coach went to the board and was very apologetic about what had happened.
The coach has not made any attempt to get in touch with the umpire to apologize, and this umpire's information is posted on the leagues web site and in the leagues handbooks.
Thanks for the advice in advance.
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If there are outstanding criminal charges, everyone in your association needs to walk off any game where he is on the field. The league can address that decision with the other teams, since they made the decision to let him back before he was adjudicated.
Assuming there are no outstanding criminal charges, the assignor or your association president needs to be very clear to the league, as well as direct to ALL your association umpires. Umpires need to do their job; professionally, and without baiting that coach. That said,
ZERO TOLERANCE!!
If the assaulted umpire want to recuse himself, his call. Personally, I would be on his games and in his face until he is man enough to apologize. And the zero tolerance would continue until he does publicly apologize.
But, that's just me.