Umpire rant, what do you think?

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MTR

Jun 22, 2008
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First of all, a coach can ask for help respectfully without making a fool of himself or freaking out.

Second, there may be a few reasons to ask for help even if you know the call will not be overturned. If the other ump had a good view of the play and even though he may not overturn the judgement call, he can let the other ump know that he had blown the call. This recognition may result in the next close call going your way to make up for the mistake.

Rubbish
Also, if momentum is starting to slip in a close game, it can get the team fired up knowing the coach is willing to fight for them. It happens in the pros all the time where a coach/manager will argue a call to the point of getting ejected in an attempt to fire up the team to keep fighting for the win.

The umpire is not there to be a spark plug. If the coach cannot get his/her team fired up without using the umpires as pawn, s/he isn't much of a coach to begin
 
Mar 14, 2017
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Michigan
MTR you beat me to it.

If the only way to motivate your team to play at 100% is to hope an ump blows a call so you can act like an rear you can't be a very good coach or you are playing the wrong players.
 

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