While I don't like a coach that does it, I don't have a huge problem as long as he just owns up to it when he is called on it. It just irritates me when they
act like they are just brilliant tacticians for doing it. I love to win games, but it's so much more enjoyable to score on a walk-off run or make the last
out versus and ump yell time as you are ready to hit.
One thing that I can't believe are how many drop dead games I hear about. We have never played in one outside of a friendly.
I probably don't do that in pool play. But if I can guarantee my girls another game in bracket play I think I owe it to them to use the tournament rules to their advantage because I'm pretty sure most coaches will do the same to me given the chance. But maybe I'm too much of a cynic.