Eject...or not....

[Andy]

HS JV game...I am PU

Home team is struggling, both at the plate and in the field.

Swinging at pitches over their heads, watching pitches right down the middle, lots of fielding and throwing errors. Home team coach is getting very frustrated with his team and is letting them know it.

About the top of the fourth inning, B1 for V hits a ground ball to F6, who throws it at F3s feet and it goes skipping away. From home team dugout, I hear a very loud GODDAMN IT! from the coach.

Do you immediately eject...or warn....or anything else?

[NCASAUmp]

Barring any rule/policy that dictates otherwise, I'd probably let the parents take care of this one.

This'll probably irritate some other members, but...

Here in NC, most of the leagues have a "no profanity" rule. Drop a "G-D" bomb on the field, and it's bye-bye.

[PtotheB]

I'd probably call time, get my line up card holder out and ask the coach to come see me. Give him a quick talk about this being a contest for student atheletes and tell him that he's restricted to the dugout for the remainder. The whole time looking at the lineup card so as not to bring too much attention to the whole thing.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by PtotheB

I'd probably call time, get my line up card holder out and ask the coach to come see me. Give him a quick talk about this being a contest for student atheletes and tell him that he's restricted to the dugout for the remainder. The whole time looking at the lineup card so as not to bring too much attention to the whole thing.

If you're trying to be subtle, you're not doing a very good job.

If possible, you might want to wait until you're between innings.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Andy

HS JV game...I am PU

Home team is struggling, both at the plate and in the field.

Swinging at pitches over their heads, watching pitches right down the middle, lots of fielding and throwing errors. Home team coach is getting very frustrated with his team and is letting them know it.

About the top of the fourth inning, B1 for V hits a ground ball to F6, who throws it at F3s feet and it goes skipping away. From home team dugout, I hear a very loud GODDAMN IT! from the coach.

Do you immediately eject...or warn....or anything else?

I immediately do absolutely nothing.

[JefferMC]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

I immediately do absolutely nothing.

I think I would wait for a while, then do nothing. Sorry to disagree.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by JefferMC

I think I would wait for a while, then do nothing. Sorry to disagree.

But don't I get more "points" for doing nothing quicker?

[JefferMC]

Maybe. But if you do nothing too soon, will you be able to un-do nothing without affecting the outcome of the game?

[Andy]

Interesting replies....

Here is what I did:

Let me start by reminding you that this is a HS game. We are told that HS athletics are to be considered an extension of the classroom. By that thinking, if a teacher yelled *********! in the classroom because a student geve an incorrect answer to a question, I believe there would be some action taken by the school.

Mike - for ASA play, I agree with you...I'm doing nothing. This is an issue for TDs and parents (if youth play) to deal with.

After the play was over, I called time. I was right in front of the home team dugout, so I turned and told the coach that I understand his frustration, but yelling ********* was inappropriate in this setting. If it happened again, I would be forced to deal with it. He tells me that he yelled GOD DANG IT, but I know what I heard. No issues the rest of the game.

At a half-inning break a few innings later, I met my partner on the line and asked what he heard, he also heard *********!

I don't want to get into the what's offensive to some and not others and how the ballfield is not church, etc...

Just interested to hear what you all think.

[argodad]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

I immediately do absolutely nothing.

In addition to doing nothing, I think to myself, "Coach. I agree!"