Coach KO's Blue in 10U

[NumeroUno]

http://www.wsmv.com/news/16239526/detail.html

A coach knocked out an umpire over a bad call

[jofus]

Hopefully the ump learned his lesson

J/K no flaming needed

Yeah....."Don't turn your back on an idiot"

[wadeintothem]

http://www.wsmv.com/news/16239526/detail.html

A coach knocked out an umpire over a bad call

There are no bad calls in 10U rec...

[TXfastpitchsoftball]

Hopefully the ump learned his lesson

J/K no flaming needed

Yeah....."Don't turn your back on an idiot"

Read the story. I'm sure what wadeintothem does when he wants to diffuse a situation . . . call the coach a "liar." Works every time.

[jofus]

I did read it....

"Police said as Kelly turned to walk away, Rose punched him and knocked him unconscious."

It also said that he was arrested for aggravated assault, which is good, but I'm sure the sentence will be amazingly light if he ever actually goes to trial and is convicted.

[Judd]

he'll get some probation, maybe anger management classes. I am sure he will work for an adjudication withheld so later he may have his records sealed. But his coaching days may be over in the meantime.

Thats just absurd. Doesnt matter if its 10U or 18U Gold ASA Nationals.

After he knocked him out, did the other ump give him his call?

[Hitmechanic]

[quote=" maybe anger management classes

I'M OKAY...

After he knocked him out, did the other ump give him his call?[/quote]

Yep! Yer Out!

[Demonboy]

Hopefully the ump learned his lesson

J/K no flaming needed

Yeah....."Don't turn your back on an idiot"

There were two idiots here.

Calling a pissed off red neck coach names is not only unprofessional but downright
stupid.

We can only hope that neither of these asshats reproduce.

[Comets16]

I was there this weekend on the next field over. What alerted our attention behind us was a woman yelling "get that guy out of here". When we turned around the umpire was laying flat by the 1st base. People rushed to his aid and he was on the ground for 10-15 minutes and most of it was unconscious. It halted play on all four fields. Several of the players from both teams were crying, from the incident. The cops and paramedics came and the guy was put in the cop car, none handcuffed.

This happened in a small town, where the games being played were B rec or less level. he girls on the team will be "blacklisted" as everyone was saying and not allowed to play in many tournaments. It was an unfortunate incident, which should have never happened.

I am not condoning this stupid activity by any means, but it seems to me sometimes the umpires want to be a bigger part of the game than they should be. You see it in professional sports all the time. These blues are making $25-$30 a game, and will have local or un-local favorites. If an umpire wants to stink, have favorites or not care if they blew a call and just get the check at the window, he has that right to. Just isn't right.

I was just ejected from a game last weekend for saying "whatever" to an umpire. A runner left very early and was called safe on the throw to second. One of our dads was heckling the umpire on the missed call. He walks over to the fence and states that is "enough". Being that it was my daughter the catcher, the call was missed on, I felt I needed to give a little more and said "whatever". He said you are gone... Not quiet what I say is enough reason to eject someone. We go on to win the game, and win the tournament, so it isn't sour grapes.

Just because they wear a blue uniform gives them the right and makes them the "say and end all"? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. We can only hope that there are more umpires that actually care about doing their best and just not drawing a supplemental income, which hardly any of them file on their taxes anyways...

[artomatic]

I wasn't there, but an umpire can throw dog poop on a coach and that still doesnt give a coach a reason to lay a hand on an umpire...

Ask youself this:
If a coach goes berserk over a call, like we are reading about over and over on this board and in the news, do they behave that way at work?
If their subordinate doesn't make enough widgets that day, or make the wrong decision, do they start screaming and yelling and going nuts?
Probably not, or they wouldn't have a job long...so why is it ok to go crazy when you don't like the results in a girls softtball game, or any youth sport for that matter?