Mon Jun 06, 2011, 03:06am
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrUmpire
Old term from the 70's. When a coach got a reputation for being a real a$$ or bully and would take it out on newer or younger members that didn't know how to handle him, the assigner would send an older experience crew to work his games and put him on a very short leash, dumping him at the first provocation.
Elephant hunting in many areas has been replaced with better training of newer umpires.
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Rat trapping?
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