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Originally Posted by jwwashburn
I was the coach. My job is not to get the call right. That was Cell Phone McGhee's job.
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So you disagree with the NFHS in that umpires, coaches etc.
must work together to assure that the student/child athletes receive the best learning environment available?
Let me make my view clearer (on coaching).
My team will win or lose a game based on their performance as well as the performance of their opponents. (They are also taught to appreciate the accomplishments of their opponents.)
Are there close calls that I believe an umpire misses and I do nothing? Yes, judgment calls are part of the game (in the situation I described, neither umpire saw the hit ball or whether it was fair or foul), but getting the play correct is the most important thing (this is to me what is fair for both teams), so if umpires get together and change a call that goes against my team - so be it. Have I discussed plays with umpires? Yes, many times, and have left a few of those discussions letting the umpires know that I believe they were wrong. Any team I coach knows going into the season my views on these subjects and I am usually very proud of them before, during and after the season is over.
And by the way, I dont ever tell umpires, that I dont know, that I also umpire, in my opinion its irrelevant to the current situation.
Baseball is a great tool to teach young men some of lifes lessons and I will continue coaching and umpiring as long as I enjoy either or both. (makes an old man feel young again) OK off my soap box!!!!!!!