Great start to my HS season

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by DG

I assume the point of emphasis he was trying to refer to, was about obstruction without the ball, but MC supersedes obstruction, even if not emphasized.

That would be the assumption that I made as well! He never articulated himself fully before he was restricted.

-Josh

[jicecone]

Originally Posted by jdmara

That would be the assumption that I made as well! He never articulated himself fully before he was restricted.

-Josh

I was thinking the same thing. It is tough to tell from the op, but do you feel you gave him ample oppurtunity to articulate completely? And I am not saying that you should be holding umpiring forums for discussions either,
nor am I sympathatic to sitting his rear on the wood.

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by jicecone

I was thinking the same thing. It is tough to tell from the op, but do you feel you gave him ample oppurtunity to articulate completely? And I am not saying that you should be holding umpiring forums for discussions either, nor am I sympathatic to sitting his rear on the wood.

I believe I did. He just kept repeating himself, "That's a point of emphasis...I can't believe it...What are you calling?". I just kept politely and calmly asking him to "talk with me". Then after a few words quietly he would quickly escalate his voice to a yell and repeat the same thing. I was told last night that the whole incident was on the news Monday night. In fact the co-anchor after viewing the clip said "that umpire is one cool and calm fellow. I wish I had his patience and poise". I haven't seen the clip unfortunately. I am going to try to get ahold of it. If I do, I'll post it somewhere.

I learned quickly in basketball if you ask ask calmly and politely for the coach to "talk with me", usually it'll settle them right down. The technique I guess (usually) works because the coach knows you're going to listen. *Shrug*

-Josh