FYI - Coaches On Forum

[Simply The Best]

Or should I say the lack of...

I introduced a fluent set of EU baseball coaches to this forum and dozens of them browsed in for a look. In performing searches for "coach", time and time again the word "rat" was included in the thread.

I have only been here a few weeks and I don't believe I have seen the term "rat" used once but the damage has been done by the past. Example of hundreds of threads below:

It's Why We Call Them Rats......

Keep up the rehabilitation, one day your history may no longer haunt FO.com.

[Ump153]

You should hear what rats call umpires.

Made it to my second year. Tossed seven rats last season. Evaluators backed each one.

Oh, and if rats get offended by an umpire forum, they must have very thin skin or very little experience. Maybe they should stick to coaches' forums where they all show the utmost respect for umpires.

Ciao t'ill next time.

[Simply The Best]

Originally Posted by Ump153

You should hear what rats call umpires.

Made it to my second year. Tossed seven rats last season. Evaluators backed each one.

Oh, and if rats get offended by an umpire forum, they must have very thin skin or very little experience. Maybe they should stick to coaches' forums where they all show the utmost respect for umpires.

Ciao t'ill next time.

[kylejt]

I think the "All coaches are rats, until proven otherwise" mentality is dying out with the older umpires.

At least I hope that's the case.

The way I see it, if coaches are yelling at you on a consistant basis, perhaps they're right.

[bob jenkins]

This thread has attracted lots of spam. Once it starts, the only way to get it to stop (at least temporarily) is to close the thread.