[justcallmeblue]

"Sorry, but I'm going to come down hard on you here..."

You can come down on me. . .I am a big boy. Every umpire has a level of tolerance for (pardon the expression) BS. I have a trigger and it takes a little more than this for me to pull it. And I mean JUST A LITTLE!


"On behalf of the other umpires who will have this guy after you, I'd like to thank you for creating a beast that we will now have to handle and for allowing this guy to think he can treat all umpires this way."

So let me ask. . .What about the UMPIRES BEFORE ME, that have put ME into that situation in the 10 games prior to mine that this coach has had this season and the games he acted that way when he coached 8U (according to reports). You are pretty quick to make me the scape goat. You also seem to insinuate that he doesnt have a history and I created a mess, WELL HE DOES HAVE A HISTORY. . . I come to find out thru other coaches and umpires (who work for different assignors) that he has complained about numerous other officials calls that don't go his way and complaints have been lodged to the league by opposing coaches!! Noone has tossed him in the past

He was the Head Coach. . .was warned. . . and I live by a simple rule. . . .once I warn you, if you say anything that warrants an ejection, you'll get it. . . .Telling me he has somewhere else better to be isnt one of those comments. Now, if I personally heard the comment that he made to the other coach, he would have been ejected. But after the warning, he shut up, like I expected!


We don't make calls to feel vindicated.
I didnt make the call to be feel VINDICATED. The vindication comes when - I know it was right call, the right rule and after the game the assistant coach SEEKS me out to tell me I was right to warn the HC!