Some coaches just don't know when to quit....

[MichaelVA2000]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

WTF is a "SUIP"? Other than 'Pius' backwards.

"SUIP" Stands for Softball Umpire Improvement Program. It's a term some of the NCAA clinicians have begun using.

[socalumps]

The last sattelite clinic was oh...7-8 years ago. So I can understand some of the outdated information. The SUIP has been in existence for 8 seasons! It is a pretty well known program amongst NCAA umpires.

Glad that Deleware has such a strong ASA umpire leadership program. Nothing was meant to blanket ASA or NCAA, nor to insinuate that Socal or NCAA was better or worse. Don't know why it made someone so defensive.

Just thought a little updated and current information on misconceptions might be worthy of consideration.

[socalumps]

Originally Posted by socalumps

The last sattelite clinic was oh...7-8 years ago. So I can understand some of the outdated information. The SUIP has been in existence for 8 seasons! It is a pretty well known program amongst NCAA umpires.

Glad that Deleware has such a strong ASA umpire leadership program. Nothing was meant to blanket ASA or NCAA, nor to insinuate that Socal or NCAA was better or worse. Don't know why it made someone so defensive.

Just thought a little updated and current information on misconceptions might be worthy of consideration.

In fact I appreciated your information on your group.

[Dakota]

For some reason, this thread causes an old Jim Croce song to come to mind... Don't know why, exactly.

[MichaelVA2000]

Originally Posted by Dakota

For some reason, this thread causes an old Jim Croce song to come to mind... Don't know why, exactly.

Song wise I was thinking more along the lines of Question by the Moody Blues:

It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me.
It's more the way you really mean it
When you tell me what will be.

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war.

It's where we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need.
In a world of persecution
That is burning in it's greed.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by MichaelVA2000

Song wise I was thinking more along the lines of Question by the Moody Blues:

It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me.
It's more the way you really mean it
When you tell me what will be.

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war.

It's where we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need.
In a world of persecution
That is burning in it's greed.

Love the Moody's.

There is always I HEAR YOU KNOCKIN' by Fats Domino, Dave Edmunds, Billy Swan, Clif Chenier and Alvin Lee, among others.

[BretMan]

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown?

[JefferMC]

Oh... I was sure he meant Operator.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by socalumps

The last sattelite clinic was oh...7-8 years ago. So I can understand some of the outdated information. The SUIP has been in existence for 8 seasons! It is a pretty well known program amongst NCAA umpires.

Glad that Deleware has such a strong ASA umpire leadership program. Nothing was meant to blanket ASA or NCAA, nor to insinuate that Socal or NCAA was better or worse. Don't know why it made someone so defensive.

Just thought a little updated and current information on misconceptions might be worthy of consideration.

It's not just the umpire program that is strong in DelAware.

Only that comment was old. Some of the other still exists. Tick off a couple of the wrong coaches and an umpire can disappear from a schedule quick enough or they can end up with a schedule that isn't exactly friendly. Some young umpires don't understand the "game" that is expected of them and dig a hole.

I don't care for it, but the only organization which can stop it is the NCAA.

It's not much different in some areas that still permit HS coaches to "red line" an umpire.

BTW, I didn't think my post showed a sign of being defensive. I'm having fun!

[socalumps]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

It's not just the umpire program that is strong in DelAware.

Only that comment was old. Some of the other still exists. Tick off a couple of the wrong coaches and an umpire can disappear from a schedule quick enough or they can end up with a schedule that isn't exactly friendly. Some young umpires don't understand the "game" that is expected of them and dig a hole.

I don't care for it, but the only organization which can stop it is the NCAA.

It's not much different in some areas that still permit HS coaches to "red line" an umpire.

BTW, I didn't think my post showed a sign of being defensive. I'm having fun!

Whew!!!!! OK cause I thought you were serious.

I'll know better next time