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Old Tue May 22, 2012, 08:18am
TwoBits TwoBits is offline
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Originally Posted by mbcrowder View Post
To the OP: That's bizarre. 90% of the time, both TD and UIC are going to back the umpire and not bow down to "We won't play if they umpire" tactics. However, the odd occurrence in my experience where someone wants to lick coaches' boots almost always comes from the TD's side, and not the UIC. What you experienced is completely backward. I've seen UIC-TD shouting matches where TD wants to appease teams and the UIC refuses (properly IMHO!). Never seen it the other way around though.

I'm pretty sure I'd never work for that UIC again.
My thoughts, too. Where in the world does an UIC have authority over a TD?
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