Are umpire associations to blame

[ozzy6900]

I think that many problem are our fault as umpires. How many times have you seen a coach verbally assault an umpire past the point of being ejected only to return to the dugout and continue the game. How many times have you seen a player throw his helmet in disgust and heard the umpire say to the coach, "Do you want to handle this or do yo want me to?"? How many times have you heard your brother umpires praise themselves that they haven't ejected anyone all year!

I see this happen all the time. Coaches & players do things that they should be dealt with (usually ejection unless it is a FED game) but the umpires for some reason, will not do anything but warn, warn, warn! Now this coach tries to get away with the same thing in the game I am officiating, and he's gone in a minute - I am told that I have a quick trigger or I need to be more tolerant! Bull$hit! It's not my fault that every umpire let the coach get away with screaming from the coaches box "You got to callit the same both ways!" or "You are horrible!" all damn year! I seriously think that most of our problems are growing because many umpires are afraid to eject, unsure when to eject, afraid of loosing games or worst of all too damn lazy to fill out the ejection report!