What I Never Want to Hear

[tref]

Originally Posted by stiffler3492

Just got a response from the league commissioner, and he agrees with me that the call was missed, and for the wrong reasons.

I'm not out for blood, just want to make sure that it doesn't happen again.

So do you feel a bit better now, knowing the umpire will receive a talking to about applying the rules as written?

Seriously, for me, this is like the coach who calls your assignor after losing by 20, to b!tch about a 3 second call he didnt get late in the 4Q.

I hope his assignor takes the validity of those type of complaints from the slaughtered team into consideration.

On the outside:
"Yes you are correct, we will talk to the umpires about this & thanks for the email."

On the inside:
Dude, you've got bigger concerns!!

IJS, I think complaints should be saved for sh!t that actually matters in the outcome.

Originally Posted by bainsey

...had the umpire just owned it and said, "You're right. I should've called that," I'm sure no-one would have been notified.

Originally Posted by stiffler3492

Yes. It was his comment to me after the game that bothered me more than the non-call.

+1

As I said in post #2:

Originally Posted by tref

Perhaps that wasnt the right answer but it was an honest answer & probably an official to official answer.

Depending on how long/how often we've worked, I've found that we unknowingly are known by many people. He probably thought you could relate.

In the mens wreck basketball environment, I speak to HS coaches/officials/ex-players that play different than I do to the typical player, because they should be able to relate to the differences between the real world vs. wreck world.