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Originally Posted by rockyroad
Very nice breakdown...from the comfort of your office chair in front of your computer.
Had you been there, with that madman screaming in your face, do you honestly think you would have handled it any better than that crew did?
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Agreed. But that's what Pyatt and Kersey did after the ejection -- they didn't let Floyd get anywhere near Hartness.
Those of us that work baseball probably have had this situation in the past since ejections are more common there. Once the coach is ejected, the other umpire's job is to get between the two and get the coach off the field. The ejecting umpire can then walk away. Since the coach no longer has access to the official he's mad at, odds are the situation will not escalate further.
Unless the coach is a complete madman like Floyd and his conference commissioner is an enabler, like Floyd's.