Help, I need somebody, help!

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by NSump
Umpiring seems to be going in the same direction as most of society - try to please everyone.


You try to explain that you saw a tag,but the coach doesn't want to listen. The conversation disintegrates and ends in an ejection.

So, is there anything that could prevent this? IMHO, on the first play, the BU needs to live and die by his call. Recently, leagues are pushing the umpires to get help more often. IMHO, that thinking will create more problems. Unlike the Pro's or high level D1 games, we are often with partners who are learning. To ask for help indicates that we don't KNOW and are unsure. Often the system creates angles where we can't see everything adn need to use other clues to make a call. ONce we do so, we need to be prepared to live with it.

To constantly ask for help will just cause problems down the road.

Thoughts?

My question is what is wrong with telling a coach "NO." You make a judgment call, you see the play, you do not have to ever ask for help. I talk about these situation in my pregames almost all the time. And if my partner has some information that will help, he will do something to get my attention or we do nothing. But in these cases, I do what FVB58 says to do. You ask for help before you make a call and that is it. But if I am sure and I know my partner cannot help me, why not tell the coach, "NO." Who cares if they are upset. Let them be upset. Life goes on. But if they want you to make calls in a better position, they need to hire more umpires to work each game. Until they do that, they have to live with the limitations of a 2 man system.

Peace