Pull the trigger?

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by BigGuy

I'm with David on this one. Sometimes if you act like you have no clue about what was said, they will keep it up and eventually help themselves out of the game.

David ... there can be no clearer indication that you are wrong than this.

To all - this is a no-brainer automatic ejection. Those proposing saving up your ejection for later are only making life harder for your brethren. There are some situations where ejection is borderline, and I tend to fall on the side of not ejecting and issuing some sort of "That's enough, coach" on most of those. This one is hands-down 100% ejection, no matter what else has occurred in the past. If you don't eject for this ... I find it hard to imagine how far a coach has to go to be shown the door in your game. I would even say that inciting the crowd against you is WORSE than being simply profane and personal to your face.

[LMan]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

David ... there can be no clearer indication that you are wrong than this.

Oh, thanks, Mike, now you gonna pay for this keyboard?

[SanDiegoSteve]

If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times:

If you never eject anyone, you simply have not been doing your job.

Show me an umpire who would not toss a coach for addressing the crowd concerning the umpiring, plus pointing at the umpire while doing so, and I'll show you an extremely weak official.

I would not care to work with an umpire who is afraid or unwilling to eject when warranted by a situation, and this situation is an automatic EJ. This "I just try to get along/don't rock the boat" mentality is the reason coaches come up with that "where's my warning" crap when they get tossed.

Hey Big Guy and other non-ejectors: I can eject a coach just fine from short right field. I don't need to leave my rest position to accomplish it.

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times:

If you never eject anyone, you simply have not been doing your job.

Show me an umpire who would not toss a coach for addressing the crowd concerning the umpiring, plus pointing at the umpire while doing so, and I'll show you an extremely weak official.

I would not care to work with an umpire who is afraid or unwilling to eject when warranted by a situation, and this situation is an automatic EJ. This "I just try to get along/don't rock the boat" mentality is the reason coaches come up with that "where's my warning" crap when they get tossed.

Hey Big Guy and other non-ejectors: I can eject a coach just fine from short right field. I don't need to leave my rest position to accomplish it.

Don't give me that non-ejectors garbage. I gave my first five ejections at age 15. One to a kid coach who decided to call me a b*****d, and the other four to coaches who thought they could get in my face and I would back down - they lost. The next six years I tossed another 20 - 30. In that first 7 years, I gained a reputation as a good umpire, who was fair, impartial, and firm. But most of all - around the league, they knew I took no sh|t from anybody.

If you want to eject somebody, go ahead. If you're looking for some coach to do one of your automatic ejection offenses, you're doing yourself a disservice by concerning yourself more with the coach's conduct as opposed to the game itself. Sometimes you're better off keeping your mouth shut and your ears open and letting people THINK you're a harda$$, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. You're there to officiate. If the coach wants to make a fool of himself, let him. Spectators will eventually see him for what he is. But for those of us who choose not to in this situation, that is our choice, and you don't have the right to tell us we are wrong, just because we don't adhere to your standards.

I'll give a warning if they're getting close. If they cross it, they're gone - warning or not. I decide when they cross it, nobody else.

[David B]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times:

If you never eject anyone, you simply have not been doing your job.

Show me an umpire who would not toss a coach for addressing the crowd concerning the umpiring, plus pointing at the umpire while doing so, and I'll show you an extremely weak official.

I would not care to work with an umpire who is afraid or unwilling to eject when warranted by a situation, and this situation is an automatic EJ. This "I just try to get along/don't rock the boat" mentality is the reason coaches come up with that "where's my warning" crap when they get tossed.

Hey Big Guy and other non-ejectors: I can eject a coach just fine from short right field. I don't need to leave my rest position to accomplish it.

That's simply garbage. As I stated this is a freshman game - simply a scrub game before varsity.

I'm not concerned with coaches in that type of game.

But to say you have to eject a coach to be a "strong official" - that is simply poor judgement.

I've been calling state playoffs since I was 21 - 4 state championship games. You don't get to that level being a "weak official."

It all comes down to the fact that a freshman (little league) coach hollering to the crowd simply doesn't affect me.

Now if a varsity coach did that - different, but as we have noted, a varsity coach simply ain't gonna play that game.

The reason I keep beating the dead horse is because there are many officials who read this forum and I don't want them to think that the only way to control the game is by ejecting coaches.

I've made my case, and i'm out on this one!

Thanks
David

[Rich]

Originally Posted by David B

That's simply garbage. As I stated this is a freshman game - simply a scrub game before varsity.

I'm not concerned with coaches in that type of game.

But to say you have to eject a coach to be a "strong official" - that is simply poor judgement.

I've been calling state playoffs since I was 21 - 4 state championship games. You don't get to that level being a "weak official."

It all comes down to the fact that a freshman (little league) coach hollering to the crowd simply doesn't affect me.

Now if a varsity coach did that - different, but as we have noted, a varsity coach simply ain't gonna play that game.

The reason I keep beating the dead horse is because there are many officials who read this forum and I don't want them to think that the only way to control the game is by ejecting coaches.

I've made my case, and i'm out on this one!

Thanks
David

David,

I know that you're a strong official, but this is automatic. I have no tolerance at lower levels. Of course, I haven't worked a subvarsity game in about 5 years, so I guess my feeling here is purely academic.

--Rich

[David B]

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

David,

I know that you're a strong official, but this is automatic. I have no tolerance at lower levels. Of course, I haven't worked a subvarsity game in about 5 years, so I guess my feeling here is purely academic.

--Rich

Rich, like you i've forgotten what its like to work subvarsity, but I know in our area subvarsity is basically a scrimmage.

You know after all of my objections, I went back and checked my notes and sure enough three years ago in a summer league game I ejected a coach for the same thing.

I was PU of course, but close call at third and he objected loudly to the crowd.

He was of course given the escort from the field.

I still don't think I would worry about this in the outfield simply because I might be just hard headed but I take great pride in making coaches mad because they cannot get to me with their insults.

As long as they don't curse, insult my lineage, or call me a homer, I usually don't even acknowledge coaches.

Thanks
David:

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by David B

That's simply garbage. As I stated this is a freshman game - simply a scrub game before varsity.

This sickens me. They're paying you to be a professional. If you're taking their money you owe them your best. Your attitude sucks and I would guess it shows when you're on the field too.

Freshmen or varsity, the players don't care how good you think you are. All they know is that they have a game that day. To them, it's the most important game in the world.

I agree with what many have said here, the level of ball doesn't matter. I'm there to do my job and give it my best and I will be treated with respect. Cross the line and you're gone.

[jkumpire]

Men,

I believe there is one point missing from the discussion here.

Depending on the level, which in this case I assume is FED, if the head coach goes, and there is no replacement coach on the field, the game might be over. I'm trying to remember since I have no books with me, but in the state I work in mostly, if there is not a coach, and he gets the boot, the game is over.

In frosh/JV ball, a lot of schools only have one coach. So it might be a case that if you run the guy for his tirade, you are unintentionally cheating the players, they get no game that day, and maybe for a couple more games. I might give someone a little more rope in a lower level game for the sake of the players, but not much.

I guess as well, once of twice in my career, I put up with some bad behavior for one simple reason: If the player wants to get the thumb, I keep him around only becuase it is more painful for him to hang around and be part of getting his team's rear end kicked then to let him leave the scene of the crime. And make sure he gets a zone so big he never smells a pitch to hit.

The other alternative in this case since it was a FED game is to have the PU or BU restrict the coach to the dugout. And it sounds like this would be a perfect situation to use this in. Punish the guy, but not forefit the game. And it puts the coach in his place.

Having said all that, if you think he needs to go immediately for his stupidity, he has sure done enough to eject himself IMO.

[DG]

In my state this is not one of the 6 things a coach or player could do to get ejected. Ejection requires filling out forms and notifying the state and often results in fines and in some cases coaches losing their jobs.

Restriction to the dugout is required for lesser offenses and do not require forms and fines. It's almost like a technical foul in basketball, because if he does it again from the bench he is ejected, and there are forms to fill, etc. I would certainly restrict the coach if I was either the PU or the BU in this situation. If I was PU I expect I would beat my partner to it since I am closer.

In anything other than HS ball I would eject for comments made to fans like this guy did and if he is the only coach then the game is over and I don't feel like I am cheating the players at all. He did by his behaviour.