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Originally Posted by vcblue
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My thoughts, also... (but maybe a somewhat broader context than you meant... maybe...)
On a more general issue, the young ages are the absolutely worst place (IMO) to place young umpires, and especially teenagers, because the AA's involved in these games have a much higher percentage of complete boneheads than older teams. These AA's use shameless intimidation, and the teenage umpires do not realize (or are not comfortable with) the fact that THEY are the authority figure, not the adult coach. Leads to a very high attrition rate.
I understand the reluctance to place young new umpires on higher level games, but casting them to the wolves is no solution, either. Good for you for stepping in and teaching your new umpires something. But, what about all the other games you were not able to be there for?