Some coaches just dont get it!

[chymechowder]

Originally Posted by jjrye22

Question for chymechowder
Do you umpire baseball?
Baseball umps seem to put up with a lot more 'in your face' screaming than I would tolerate (I only do football).
It seems the standards for baseball are set quite differently than the standards for football as to how a coach can interact with the officials.

I think this is a good point. b/c baseball umps put up with more screaming, but they also DO more screaming than football umps. not to say that we HS officials should strictly emulate college and pro officials, but you hardly ever see high level football officials "getting into it" with coaches. and there's a reason for it:

right or wrong, football is different and we don't have that same dynamic. if a baseball manager rants from the dugout about how awful a call is, he may well get run for it. but if a football coach throws a nutty ON THE SIDELINE, he gets ignored for the most part.

personally, i think that's the way it should be. I dont think a wing official is being a "doormat" by ignoring this.