[Rich]

Originally Posted by Chris_Hickman

At the professional level...... I am not going to my partner. At the college level, I would explain to the coach that if my partner(s) saw it off his foot, they would have called foul. Now if the coach keeps insisting on me getting help, I'm going to tell him " ok, I will get help, but you (coach) are going back to your dugout ( or coaching box )...and whatever we come up with, that's the way it's gonna be. You are not going to come back out and discuss it any further. I just got the coach back in the dugout. I want to keep these guys in the game as much as possible. Now if he doesnt like the conclusion we came up with and he comes back out.... I will warn him with the stop sign (hand) not to come out. If he continues...run um'. 90% of the time, they are cool. They just want you to get together. This tactic would never work in the PRO game....I would never even think about doin' in it there.

I just don't get the "keep them in the game at any costs" mentality at the college level. We already bend over backwards as much as possible. It's almost like those coaches just can't deal with somebody telling them "no."