another swipe a HS umpires
 

Dennis: Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
King Arthur: Bloody peasant!
Dennis: Oh, what a giveaway! Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm on about! Did you see him repressing me? You saw him, Didn't you? ;)

Paul B.

I am not arguing, I am saying show me a better way and tell me why it is better. And if I respond with my reasoning, explain to me how it is faulty. I am sure there are knowledgeable people here that do share, but I am not seeing much of that. I have been wrong before and will be again, but I don't learn from being told that I am wrong without someone showing me how or why. I don't think anyone's kids will learn from no, don't do it that way, unless you show them how to do it.

If the board's members are leery of debate, then what makes them more comfortable?

If you want an honest opinion, here it is. I've removed the majority of your first post because had you ejected in the second inning most likely none of the other stuff would have happened. This would be the reasoning behind ejecting early. It keeps the game under your control and stops bad situations from escalating into terrible situations.

This is how I would have handled it. As soon as the bench erupted I would have issued a bench warning just like you did. When the first assistant coach became even a little bit confrontational I would have cut him off immediately. As soon as the second assistant coach said anything other than "good job" to me I would have dumped him. At the JUCO level all coaches know what the proper decorum is for discussing calls with the umpires. They chose to breech that protocol and should have been dumped almost immediately. The first one, yea, maybe you did the right thing by keeping him in the game. But, the second one? No way.


Tim.

You are probably right, but the second he popped off I fired right back and he shut up so I turned around and went on with life. My partner and I talked about that exact same thing after the game over a burger and a pop and we decided that I could have gone either way with it. If I would have dumped him, then you are right, things probably would have been smooth sailing, but you never know with some of these guys. :rolleyes:

I don't hate you, PWL. I don't even dislike you. Both would be wasted emotions. Now, I do find some of your posts extremely entertaining to say the least. Especially the ones where you try to give advice on things beyond the scope of your experience. Call any balks lately? LOL

Tim.

Hey Mr. I've Never Ejected Anybody But Feel The Need To Give Advice Concerning Ejections:

Tim was here long before you, so if anyone should leave, it's you.

I have ball bags with more experience than you have, so shut your pie hole, please. You have nothing of value to add to an umpiring conversation. You have demonstrated time and time again that you don't know what you are talking about. When people point out your obvious lack of experience, you come back with hate speech, and it's just not welcome.

Don't ever pray for me, because I'm sure you don't have any connection with God, and I'd hate to know what you pray to.

Tim doesn't hate anyone, but if he hated you, he would have a good point.

Many extremely well-trained umpires offered you suggestions on how to have curbed the ill-mannered behavior early in the game.

Instead of , in the very least, agreeing to disagree, you proceeded to blather on about how what you did was correct and every one else was wrong. You were not debating, you were preachin' from the Bible of Durham.

Again I'll state, if you do not want to hear the answer, please don't ask the question.

You do not want to be shown anything, you want to attempt to showcase how superior you think you are.



Doug

Doug,

Serious question, what type of metal do you cut carbide keys with?

Serious answer, My manufacturing plant makes carbide-tipped bandsaws and I am the Keyman (foreman) of the operation. Plus, I carry alot of keys !


Doug

I recently bought several carbide tipped bandsaw blades, "Timber Wolf", for my new Delta X5 bandsaw. Pricey but well worth the money. Wood working is where the majority of my umpiring money goes.