You came all the way over here for that?

[Deeps12]

Originally Posted by waltjp

Deeps, with all due respect, you have no idea of what you're talking about. Maybe you've been watching too many old-time baseball films. Baseball umpires, in general, are not having toe-to-toe arguements with managers and coaches - at least not on the amature level. In my opinion baseball umpires are far more adept at dealing with coaches than football officials.

For the rest of your post - keep the flag in your pocket if you're willing to let a coach berate you on the field - and if you do don't be surprised if you start to hear it from the other sideline too.

While I will ignore the offense I take to some of your statement, I respect your opinion. Yet, you focused on only one part of my statement. You must work baseball, and I apologize if I was either disrespectful of that sports' officiating philosophies, or off base. Yet, you failed to absorb the rest of my statement. It is one thing to be constantly berated by a coach after warning and warning have been given. You dramatize this situation, however. In THIS situation, the coach has yet to berate anybody (roamin is 'surprised' and doesn't know what the coach is talking about).... So, out of courtesy, we do OWE the coach our take, contrary to rutledge's statement. It is his game, rutledge. Drop the ego, give him his just deserve. Courtesy and common sense say he deserves to know what we saw. Should he have relayed the request through the LJ, of course. But can we keep him out of trouble by providing him a response? Of course. Coaches want to vent, and they have EVERY right to do that. Once they've done that..... turn and walk away...... say 'i've heard enough, coach'...... Both suffice as proper warning, which has not been given in this case. A coach on the field during play, inexcusable. Charged timeouts are different and can be handled without the use of force (15).....

By the way....... Walt...... I promise I do know what I am talking about, and take offense to your assertion otherwise. I will respect how your level and conference deal with coaches, and will agree to disagree...... But will safely assert that being flag-happy toward coaches is certainly not something that the 'next' level wants to see.