Dumb Athletic Directors.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by MikeStrybel

Maybe we are lucky around here, most of the coaches and ADs I encounter are supportive of good baseball and don't tolerate nonsense that leads to ejections. Some enforce penalties beyond what is required by the IHSA and a couple have been fired for behavior unbecoming. Sometimes the history is relevant. I am confident enough in my abilities to defend it.

Mark, but if you are from Illinois and this situation took place here, you would never be asked or required to answer any question of anyone at a school when you file a Special Report with the IHSA. Those Special Reports are not only a legal document; they are a personal interaction so that the IHSA can take appropriate action on the incident that is filed on them. Every single time one of those Special Reports are filed, the school or individual has to respond to the IHSA their side of the story and explain how those things are not going to happen again. That is why the IHSA does not go back to an official that ejected someone and tell them what the result was of the Special Report or the suspension. I have filed many of these reports over the years and the only way I have ever found out what the suspension was is when the media might have mentioned it in the paper or I saw it on a show. And I have never had to answer any further questions from the IHSA about any incident or ejection in my 15 years of officiating.

Peace