Parent Etiquette

[ozzy6900]

I do not agree with a coach bringing a rulebook out on the field under any circumstances. My son was faced with the same situation when he was 15 and he told the coach, "If you come out here with that book in your hand, we will not discuss anything and you will have to leave. Your team needs you, so I suggest that we meet after the game for your rules clinic.". The coach turned on his heals and headed to the dugout. He spotted me in the stands and said, "He's a chip off the old block!".

When a coach brings a rulebook out on the field, he is undermining the official. It doesn't matter if the official is 14 or he is the official for that game. He might be 14, but as an official, his ruling or call is final, just as mine would be.