Battle wrote:PDad wrote:Battle wrote:AlwaysImprove wrote:Asking every once in a while is fine. Asking all the time, it is clear you are either distracted, unable to follow the flow of the game, or just not that good of a softball person. All of those reflect badly on you as coach.
All of the coaches I know that coach ahead of the game, always know the count. All of the coaches I know that chase the game, are always asking for the count. It is definitely one of the key indicators of a quality game coach vs a less capable game coach.
Very interesting observation, although I can't recall anyone always asking the ump for the count.
That's true and I agree but most of the time it's just a request and that''s it. Out of the great coaches I know, all of them loose the count every once in a while or they are just wanting to confirm. ....
Confirming the count is understandable after a steal or pick-off throw where it's hard to tell what the umpire called on the pitch or when the umpire seems to indicate a different count. As for all the great coaches you know losing track of the count, all I can say is... uh... hmm... never mind, I lost track of what was I going to say...
Now I know 2 great coaches. Your trollology is improving to catch the "All the great...". That usually gets by you but not this time.
Well, you teed it up pretty good. I only caught it because it was within a somewhat interesting and useful post that was worthy of a reply, as opposed to the usual drivel that we just skim over and ignore. I was wondering who posted it and what happened to Battle, but now I see you're back.
