looking for advice

[PeteBooth]

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Originally Posted by KHanneman

the head coach goes bezerk. Walking all the way down from the 3rd base coaches box, screaming- and I mean screaming- about the last two strike calls. I look at him without saying anything else, and he turns around to walk back to the coaches box, still complaining about the calls.

There is a difference between a coach venting and a coach going ballistic.

Since you had a tournament did you talk to other umpires who had this coach? Was he a pain in the you know what every game but no umpire took care of the problem.

I echo another poster. If this coach keeps 'walking" then eventually some other crew will have to handle things. It's one thing to let off steam it's quite another to go ballistic and ALSO walk all the way down from the 3rd base coaches box.

As soon as the coach went ballistic you should have called TIME and then said THAT'S ENOUGH. If he continued then you dump him. From my experience coaches do not all of a sudden change behaviors. It's my gut that this coach gave some others a hard time as well and no one took care of the problem. Eventually someone does.

Pete Booth

[d26]

And for grins, don't forget the case of the eliminated team having someone using their elimination as a cloak to unload. A post game ejection is still valid and reportable from my perspective. Those that are CS enough to use that time to play the blame game are a step below those that lose it during a game and need to be dealt with.

Had a post game toss last night...

[KHanneman]

I did not speak to other umpires about the coach, the tournament was spread out through different fields/towns. I can see by all the responses (thanks for all that responded), that I should have ejected him. I didn't realize that by not ejecting, he will be more likely to keep doing it and I'm passing my problem along to another crew. My eyes have been opened and the feedback is much appreciated.

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by KHanneman

I did not speak to other umpires about the coach, the tournament was spread out through different fields/towns. I can see by all the responses (thanks for all that responded), that I should have ejected him. I didn't realize that by not ejecting, he will be more likely to keep doing it and I'm passing my problem along to another crew. My eyes have been opened and the feedback is much appreciated.

Nice!
Now you are learning! Never pass a problem on to another crew - eject when it is called for!

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by KHanneman

I did not speak to other umpires about the coach, the tournament was spread out through different fields/towns. I can see by all the responses (thanks for all that responded), that I should have ejected him. I didn't realize that by not ejecting, he will be more likely to keep doing it and I'm passing my problem along to another crew. My eyes have been opened and the feedback is much appreciated.

The only EJ's I regret are the couple I didn't pull the trigger on.

[DonInKansas]

Originally Posted by waltjp

The only EJ's I regret are the couple I didn't pull the trigger on.

Harrumph!

[jwwashburn]

A coach leaves the box and screams at me about anything and he is done. No warning is necessary.