Great Coaching!

"Great coaching" would have been for the coach to have benched his player for his conduct rather that asking an umpire to do his job for him and eject the player for what appears to be non-ejection behavior.

Shame on the umpire for, after passing on an ejection, ejecting a player at the coach's request.

Yes, it is a bad move by the umpire. I just thought that was a good way to show his young team that noo player is above the rules and that behavior will hurt the team not only for that game but the following one as well.

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Originally posted by junior5:
Yes, it is a bad move by the umpire. I just thought that was a good way to show his young team that noo player is above the rules and that behavior will hurt the team not only for that game but the following one as well.

Junior5,
I think you are right - that is exactly the message the coach was sending to his young team and I also think it takes a solid, mature young man to recognize and appreciate this.

Accountability is a good thing,and there's not enough of it in today's world. I see the results in the business world.

Great to see a coach teaching it.

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Also, the team called a sac bunt the senior catcher failed to execute and struck out swinging; he was then pulled from the game for a freshmen replacement.

I wouldn't pull a starter because he failed to get a bunt down. This instills a fear of failure on the diamond that can hurt performance. The last thing I would want in my players is fear of failure. You don't need to pull him to punish him; he knows he screwed up.

Either he is better than the freshman and he should be in there, or he isn't and he should have never been in that situation in the first place. He is still the same player he was before the missed bunt and if he was good enough to play before the K he's good enough to play after.

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Yes, it is a bad move by the umpire. I just thought that was a good way to show his young team that noo player is above the rules and that behavior will hurt the team not only for that game but the following one as well.

Not trying to play complete devil's advocate here, but it only hurt the team more because the coach asked for the ejection. The coach escalated a situation that would have been not as big a deal if he had not asked for the ejection. The incident probably caused a lot of mistrust and unnecessary drama in the dugout/clubhouse that could have been avoided if the situation was addressed differently.

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"Not trying to play complete devil's advocate here..."

Tell me Mr.greenmachine, where shall I next thrust my fork? And why do not offer me complete advce? I pay you handsomely for your advocacy and you live rent free...heat included!





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Probably not the right move by the umpire to eject the kid at the coach's request. The umpire could've done it himself or the cach should've just yanked him out of the game for showing up the ump. Either way, the kid should've been pulled.

As for failing to execute, if the player ignored the bunt sign and eventually struck out, this player would lose his starting job real fast playing for me. If he failed to execute on the bunt attempt and eventually struck out, then I can't see the justification for getting pulled. Yea, I can understand the frustration on the coach's part but if it's a failure of execution, then maybe these things weren't worked on enough in practice which falls on the coach. You don't want players to be afraid if they fail but you definitely want to rope them in if they're undisciplined and/or ingnoring signs etc..

To be pulled for a freshman, the coach is sending a message to his team leaders to step it up or they'll be sitting. I don't see a problem with that.