To say...or Not to say...That is the Question

[CDcoach]

Well don't know how much this will help you...but I'll give you a standpoint from a coaches point of view of what is acceptable.

I personally pride myself on setting an example by action to my players. Therefore nothing that comes out of my mouth is vulgar or derrogitory towards the umpire. That is what I think is unacceptable. You have to expect us coaches to groan about a strike call here and there, but if they proceed past that and make comments specifically at you and not about the call or use language that the kids there shouldn't use than it's too far.

I also think approach is real big. If I feel like an umpire's calls are getting way out of hand I always call timeout or wait till an inning break and have a private conversation with the umpire...this seems to work because sometimes no one notices I'm even talking to him instead of making a huge scene and not getting ANY calls my way for the next three innings. So if a coach is making a scene out of a "blown" call by the umpire I think he's gone too far.

Maybe that helped just a little?