State HS tournament blues

[wadeintothem]

Similarly, I've grown disillusioned with the "old grizzled vets" being put on the field at big games. Yes, they've been working 25-30 years.. but they suck. Did they suck all 30 years? I dunno, but they sure as sheep suck now. Yes, they were all buddies for 15 years with Frank Cortez before he passed.. who cares! They suck! I'd rather have a guy just learning the ropes that you can teach than some of these guys.

A few of my gems from the "old vets" this weekend at 18Gs ..

- Phoning in calls from never never land, not taking any steps to get into position.
- Walmart pants with cigarette holes in them.
- having to tell one of them "no smoking by the dugouts between innings, the coaches are complaining".
- Being looked at like an idiot when I confirm that the complaining coaches are right, contact is not required for INT, so you dont EVER say to a coach "there was no contact so no INT". Yep, two "vets" said same thing to the irate coach.
- Long sleeve white shirts under the blue shirts

We had the same problem with the same group of "vets" at our HS regionals.

[Chess Ref]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

We had the same problem with the same group of "vets" at our HS regionals.

I can vouch for that. I went and watched some of the "blues" from Wades area, not overly impressed.

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by Chess Ref

I can vouch for that. I went and watched some of the "blues" from Wades area, not overly impressed.

Hey now, now yer gettin personal.. dont forget, I've worked with sacto guys..

[MichaelVA2000]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

A few of my gems from the "old vets" this weekend at 18Gs ..

- Phoning in calls from never never land, not taking any steps to get into position.
- Walmart pants with cigarette holes in them.
- having to tell one of them "no smoking by the dugouts between innings, the coaches are complaining".
- Being looked at like an idiot when I confirm that the complaining coaches are right, contact is not required for INT, so you dont EVER say to a coach "there was no contact so no INT". Yep, two "vets" said same thing to the irate coach.
- Long sleeve white shirts under the blue shirts

We had the same problem with the same group of "vets" at our HS regionals.

I think I umpired with some of those knuckleheads at a tournament in Colorado last year.