You came all the way over here for that?

[Zebra in NV]

Originally Posted by The Roamin' Umpire

Varsity game Friday night, NFHS rules.
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is approaching me from his huddle at the center of the field, yelling that the visitor's QB had thrown the ball OOB on the bootleg play, and I've got to make that call.
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Don't know if my typical response would have worked in this situation, but, consider this response:

"Coach, what I saw was a fumble, if it happened they way you say it did, I booted the call."

For me, this disarms 'em and shut's 'em up 99% of the time. They usually respond... "Oh....hmmm... OK" and return to wherever they were.