I witnessed a game the other night where there was an interference call and the coaches were discussing the situation with the umpire. At one point the umpire was talking to one of the coaches and the other coach walked up. The umpire held out his arm and told the coach to stay away. To me this looks like the umpire might be telling the coach something that he doesn't want the other coach to hear. Why can an umpire talk to one coach and exculed the other. Is there a rule about this or is this just common courtesy to let both coaches in on what is happening. I would think that if the umpire talked to both coaches at the same time, he would be sure that he told them the same thing and there would be no problem with interpretation.
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Thu May 16, 2002, 08:54am
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