So ya had a bad day...

[lmathews19]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

If this was a championship game, wasn't there anybody there supervising the game, such as a director? I would not let the daddies stand directly behind the backstop if there were no bleachers there. They can't just stand there and critique your zone all afternoon. They have bleachers available, so that's where I tell them to go. This is my only exception for dealing directly with the fans, when there isn't anyone in charge, and people are standing right behind the backstop being asses when there are no bleachers set up.

You did the right thing by walking past them to your car and not saying anything to them. If you just keep going, they will be less likely to try to follow you to the parking lot. All bets are off if they try that crap.

There was a director there, but he was not the ideal director and had no balls. There were a couple of ejections and problems with rules throughout the tournament and the dude was nowhere to be found. There were bleachers on each side. Do you think it's best to get them moved from behind the backstop before the game starts? I mean, there are dads with chairs lined up before every game right behind the freakin backstop. This pisses me off and on a few occasions, I haven't ejected, but I have just simply moved them down the base lines because I was fed up with it. They weren't bad until I dumped the coach, and then every strike I called they were screaming bloody murder. I didn't get pissed, I was just laughing under my mask and not acknowledging a thing they said. Sometimes I think this pisses them off more than having them move or ejecting them. I just wish i had a veteran there working with me to see how he would have handled it.