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Still not getting your analogy. I'm really not understanding why you feel that the umpire needs to decide that some rules don't apply because "any ruling works against us" That really has nothing to do with anything, and as an umpire you should know that.
Let me ask it this way. Is your team getting an advantage by having the coach standing where he was?
If yes - then allowing him to be there is disadvantaging the other team.
If no - then why would it bother you or him to be told to comply with the rule?
As umpires, we aren't there to decide which rules to enforce. We are there to enforce the rules. While I disapprove of the manner in which this umpire enforced this rule, he was absolutely right in enforcing it.
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