Bad day
 

What do you do personally after you've had a $hitty game?

While drinking a cold one I :

1) Determine what went wrong.
2) If I missapplied a rule, I look up the rule and try to learn from it.
3) If I kicked a call, I ask myself if I was in the wrong position, and I learn from it. If I just blew the call, from lack of focus or just a plain old "brain fart" I try to learn from it.
4) If I displayed poor game management, I was argumentative or lost my composure, I try to determine what triggered it and learn from it.

You might notice a recurring theme, "learn from it". No one is perfect, we strive for it, but will never acheive it.

Learn from it and move on. You will get better.

Bob P.

I try to figure out what parts were the worst, and determine how many of them I can blame them on my partners!:D


Bainer.

Drink heavily.

LMan - isn't that what you do after a good game, too? ;)

Excellent question !

I, too, want to know in case I ever have a $hitty game ! :D




Doug

If you have a partner who is not God's gift to umpires a post game debriefing and discussion can do wonders.

HOWEVER if you do have a partner who is God's gift to umpires you've just been blessed with a scape goat! :D

I guess it would depend on what you consider a $h!tty game. I do not consider a close call or two as the definition of a $h!tty game.

After every game I review what went right and what went wrong. What could I have done personally to make the situation better? Were there things out of my hands I could not control? I might review a rule I was not sure about whether the game was good or not. I will review the mechanics or philosophies whether.

The bottom line is whether a game is good or a game is bad you should have a similar approach to each game. Even when you have a good game you cannot just be satisfied and think you are the greatest umpire that ever lived. You are only as good as the last game you worked.

Peace

....and don't forget the 'average' games as well :D