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The thing that annoys me with this entire situation is the fact that the player did something he should not have. In my judgement it was directed to me in an act of trying to show me up and warranted an ejection. Instead of looking at the issue of the player doing something inappropriate and fussing at him, I am portrayed as the bad guy in the overall picture. The player messed up and will now have to pay the consequences as far as I am concerned. Do not make excuses for him or try to blame others, he made a decision and will now have to live with it and he should have to pay the consequences and realize he did something he should not have. Instead though, it will probably be portrayed as "the mean umpire was wrong and you did nothing wrong. " What does the player learn from that?
In regards to the coach's comments, as you all know already my assignor is aware of what occurred. He tells me that the state was put on notice and he feels as if nothing else needs to be done on my end. If there is an issue with anything the state will contact me directly. I feel as if it is best to probably just move on and not make it into a huge issue unless it occurs again. At least currently people are aware of what occurred.
Jicecone - the report that is mandatory is for an ejection. You have 24hrs to submit this report or the state sees it as never occurring and you as an official get in trouble. You have the option of reporting cases of unsportsmanlike conduct (which this would be considered), cases of good sportsmanship, etc. These secondary reports are optional on the end of the official.
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