Appeasment Does not work

shagpal · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Jun 24, 2013, 09:12pm

"OK coach, I'll ask the other umpire if I also get to ask the opposing coach sitting in the dugout what he thinks."

outathm · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Jun 24, 2013, 10:48pm

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Originally Posted by shagpal

"OK coach, I'll ask the other umpire if I also get to ask the opposing coach sitting in the dugout what he thinks."

I really was too close to saying something exactly like this. At this point in the tournament I was way beyond done, and ready to just leave.

shagpal · #3 (**permalink**) Tue Jun 25, 2013, 01:34pm

One of my favorite stories comes from Bartling.

On a chase on a shoe string no catch, coach asks for time and walks out to him. Coach says, "you gonna make that call from all the way out here"? So he replies,"Coach, how long did it take you to get from the dugout there to here?". The coach throws his hands up and goes jogging back to the dugout.

Humor, with appropriateness and timing, is indispensable. Never squander a good opportunity.

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Originally Posted by outathm

I really was too close to saying something exactly like this. At this point in the tournament I was way beyond done, and ready to just leave.

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