Well, I think you should blame yourself. You need to work on your presentation - you seem more like a 28 year old childlike blathering fool of a softball parent of a 10U player or a troll than anyone who knows what they are talking about... and this goes back to even your very first post - of which I've reviewed them all. Admittedly, you havent always been as trollish as you have been since you've become Gary's personal bantering harpie here (as if we cant read it there) - but you havent offered this forum a single piece of valuable information, interpretation, or insight for someone as supposedly experienced as you are.
There has not been a single post that would indicate you know anything at all about officiating. I never even thought you were an umpire. That is very strange. I thought you were a heybucket parent who found the forum just tosay stuff. At one point I thought you might be an 18G parent. Nothing about you indicated intelligence or knowledge of the game; let alone wisdom earned by being at "the rodeo".
You do make a damn fine parrot though.
Well, I'm sure I will know or know of personnally many of the umps working this tourney; we shall be able to immediately know first hand who has inserted their foot into their mouth as to your "excommunication" claims. The only time I've seen that is if you turn your back on the association when you are needed.. not if you arent needed and just go work somewhere. That has nothing to do with who you are working for, but your value to an association if you cant be counted on. I work NAFA and IFA - a recent inductee to our HOF has his ISC accomplishments listed. There are no issues.
And my wavering has nothing to do with whether or not I believe Gary is the messiah of 18G and should support his leading teams to some so cal showcase to battle for tshirts stored in his garage.
I waver on fence distance rules, whether or not college players should be allowed (most of his of his self serving selfish talking points did not sway me at all-so I lean towards leaving 18G a true 18G championship), and whether it should move around (I think no, but obviously, everyone hates playing there, so ASA needs to address it). i do not waver on the fact I think there should be a coaches committee and they need to be able to express legit grievances..
Not only that but I do think the east coast are going to be flooded with A LOT more 15y/o so cal teams playing up traveling to steal berths, who may just whup em, for 18G qualifiers if they allow this college player change.
And it seems OKC @ 9 days is way too long and 1 week at other tourneys may even be too long (some of us have lives).
Besides.. why should slow pitch guys get credit for a whole national when they work a few games on a weekend between beers...and I gotta work games all week to get the same credit...They should get like a 1/2 national for every tourney.
