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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
Fair enough. Although ... in most leagues and tourneys, there is a punishment for a coach getting ejected, and to my mind this guy needed to serve it - whatever it may be. Managers don't get freebies just because a game is over, and most of us here have (rarely, of course) had to eject someone after the game was over.
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Fair enough. I felt, in my opinion, that getting nailed the way he did would teach him more of a lesson than a 1 game suspension (league rule) would have.
We, by league rule, are required to document, any unusual situation that occurs during a game. In this case our supervisor of officials got three reports. One from me, one from the UIC who was watching the game, and a third from the coach who was hit.
Our league rules specify that the penalty for an ejection shall be 1 game, unless a different penalty is determined by the supervisor of officials or his staff. In this case, the three of us all felt his actions and resulting punishment (getting nailed) were enough punishment.
We also have a rule in our league that we don't eject after a game concludes. This is covered under a different section of the rules, which is post-game conduct. Once the game ends, the post-game conduct rule applies. Since the game ended and he spoke no additional words after the game ended (when the runner touched home), I did not invoke that rule.
Had this been the first game of a DH, or a tourney game, he would have been ejected, and out for the next game at a minimum.