Tough game with a lot of issues

[RPatrino]

By the way, I never warn in pre-game, I never tell them where to sit in pre-game, what to wear, who I talk to. That is a given. My pre-games last 3 minutes tops. If you have to warn in pre-game then you are setting yourself up to be tested from the get-go.

[smithma]

Originally Posted by rpatrino

by the way, i never warn in pre-game, i never tell them where to sit in pre-game, what to wear, who i talk to. That is a given. My pre-games last 3 minutes tops. If you have to warn in pre-game then you are setting yourself up to be tested from the get-go.

+1

[DG]

The last time I was in a game where I was sent to be an enforcer ended up forfeited after I tossed the away coach (the only coach) and a number of players within seconds of each other over an incident that started with the coach not accepting the fact that he had made two trips and escalated when he said as he turned away from me while discussing that I am making all this money I should learn the rules. The pitcher was next to leave as he said I could not make him leave the mound, and it snow balled from there. They had a big lead at the time, which made it all the more puzzling.

My partner, a very experienced partner who was not involved in any of the discussion or ejections, called it in to assignor to tell him what he saw while I was changing clothes and assignor told him that he had been warned about the away team's behavior and especially the coach and that whomever works their next game needed to be alerted. He said he looked at who was scheduled and decided we would take care of whatever came up and did not bother to call. I would rather have been told, but it worked out the same anyway.

I agree with many of the other poster's comments, except I am not doing a pre-game warning with coaches. And, if an ejected asst coach will not leave, and the HC can not get him to leave then I am not worrying the cops with it, game over. That situation was the other forfeit in my career except it was HC who would not leave and asst could not convince him to do so.