The Coach

[WinterWillie]

Originally posted by ChampaignBlue
Assuming that he didn't get personal he gets his say, I turn and announce two outs and dust off the plate.

The only problem with this was that it was raining out!

Originally posted by ChampaignBlue I'm not going to give him the satisfaction of a response on the play as you described it. I will let him make an *** of himself, that's what the plate brushing is about, gives him another chance to look stupid. Hopefully some day he'll learn.

In my pre-game conference (coaches and captains), I always close with the Knute Rockne guote (DTTB uses it as his signature card) "One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it" (You'd be surprised at how many remember it.) Then I say to the coach, "Yup, this falls right in there in my top five acts of practising sportsmanship." That ends the conversation immediately.