Ejection

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

This is bad umpiring. This shouldn't be the last thing or the first thing you want to do. Your "wants" shouldn't come into play at all, just like on any other call. An ejection is merely another call you make, just like any other. If a runner is safe, it's your job to call it. If a coach ejects himself, it's your job to announce it. You shouldn't "want" anything in either direction here. Call what you see.

I've never had, in my opinion, a good enough reason to eject a head coach, not that I wouldn't if necessary. We all know who the idiots are, you just have handle them a little different. I know how to shut them down.

I had one that gave me a very slight bump one time. I read him the riot act in front of everybody, but I did call his AD, and let him know what happened. I also reported it to my association president to let him know what the deal was.

Looking back I probably should have ejected him at that time because of an incident with his players earlier. But I was somewhat still "wet behind the ears" at the varsity level, and it also being my first year. However, he now walks the straight and narrow for the very most part. He now knows the repercussions that would have come with an ejection, and thanked me the next time I worked his team.

I've had two partners that ejected a head coach, and they both said it was more of a headache in the long run than they anticipated. They love the restriction rule now. The UIL doesn't have a lot of love for it's officials.

There's always three thing in some of these cases. He said, she said, and the truth.