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Not sure what you were referring to as the joke here - the fact the umpire threw him out or the fact they scheduled two games to "circumvent" the rules?
I think the coach did a creative thing. I don't think saying the word bullsh*t is the worst transgression I've ever heard of. I don't think the coach had to go into the kid could marry my daughters routine.... but... Stating the kid was good would have been good enough imho.
This isn't that far outside the rules here in Ohio. After regional play, and before state playoffs begin, a one week gap exists so coaches often schedule extra games mid-week so their players do not get rusty with the week off. Many times, you might see a D2 qualifier go against a D1 qualifier as a tune-up game for the state play-offs. Here, the coach took advantage of the system and scheduled two games. The player in question got no tune-up at bats. The coach's regulars got their tune-ups so the suspension had "some" albeit minor effect.
I think the umpire did the right thing too as well. Not sure there is much of a controversy here.
Originally Posted by ClevelandDad:
Not sure what you were referring to as the joke here - the fact the umpire threw him out or the fact they scheduled two games to "circumvent" the rules?
I think the coach did a creative thing. I don't think saying the word bullsh*t is the worst transgression I've ever heard of. I don't think the coach had to go into the kid could marry my daughters routine.... but... Stating the kid was good would have been good enough imho.
This isn't that far outside the rules here in Ohio. After regional play, and before state playoffs begin, a one week gap exists so coaches often schedule extra games mid-week so their players do not get rusty with the week off. Many times, you might see a D2 qualifier go against a D1 qualifier as a tune-up game for the state play-offs. Here, the coach took advantage of the system and scheduled two games. The player in question got no tune-up at bats. The coach's regulars got their tune-ups so the suspension had "some" albeit minor effect.
I think the umpire did the right thing too as well. Not sure there is much of a controversy here.
The biggest thing I have an issue with is the coach minimizing his player's actions.
"Tread-way offered some pointed criticisms of Klepacz. 'For that umpire to take away the opportunity of a senior leader to play in the state Final Four just really disturbs me,' he told our reporter, Rick Cassano. 'Quite honestly, I don't know how that guy goes to sleep at night with the way he acted. 'Later, he referred to Klepacz's actions as 'an unfortunate power trip of an umpire.'"
He takes all blame away from his player, where it is warranted, and puts it on the umpire, who did what he should. His player ejected himself, not the umpire. Then, he intentionally circumvents the rules, and that's by his own admission if the paraphrased portion is accurate.
It's really interesting how this coach says one thing one day, and another next, as he did in both talking about the umpire and his motivation for scheduling additional games.
I like what my state does. Its suspension rule states that it is in all contests in that sport for the next (insert number) of scheduled games at that level that are already set. I'm guessing it's to prevent things like this, and I know the reason they say "all contests" is because coaches would switch kids on rostered teams to fulfill the suspension requirement before the same number of games at the level they were playing.
Originally Posted by Matt13:
Originally Posted by ClevelandDad:
Not sure what you were referring to as the joke here - the fact the umpire threw him out or the fact they scheduled two games to "circumvent" the rules?
I think the coach did a creative thing. I don't think saying the word bullsh*t is the worst transgression I've ever heard of. I don't think the coach had to go into the kid could marry my daughters routine.... but... Stating the kid was good would have been good enough imho.
This isn't that far outside the rules here in Ohio. After regional play, and before state playoffs begin, a one week gap exists so coaches often schedule extra games mid-week so their players do not get rusty with the week off. Many times, you might see a D2 qualifier go against a D1 qualifier as a tune-up game for the state play-offs. Here, the coach took advantage of the system and scheduled two games. The player in question got no tune-up at bats. The coach's regulars got their tune-ups so the suspension had "some" albeit minor effect.
I think the umpire did the right thing too as well. Not sure there is much of a controversy here.
The biggest thing I have an issue with is the coach minimizing his player's actions.
"Tread-way offered some pointed criticisms of Klepacz. 'For that umpire to take away the opportunity of a senior leader to play in the state Final Four just really disturbs me,' he told our reporter, Rick Cassano. 'Quite honestly, I don't know how that guy goes to sleep at night with the way he acted. 'Later, he referred to Klepacz's actions as 'an unfortunate power trip of an umpire.'"
He takes all blame away from his player, where it is warranted, and puts it on the umpire, who did what he should. His player ejected himself, not the umpire. Then, he intentionally circumvents the rules, and that's by his own admission if the paraphrased portion is accurate.
It's really interesting how this coach says one thing one day, and another next, as he did in both talking about the umpire and his motivation for scheduling additional games.
I like what my state does. Its suspension rule states that it is in all contests in that sport for the next (insert number) of scheduled games at that level that are already set. I'm guessing it's to prevent things like this, and I know the reason they say "all contests" is because coaches would switch kids on rostered teams to fulfill the suspension requirement before the same number of games at the level they were playing.
Good points Matt. The Coach here should have kept his trap shut and been thankful for the loophole. I actually skimmed over that part of the article but had already come to the conclusion the coach went too far with his comments when he goo'ed things up referring to his own daughters. Some get carried away when the soap box is pushed their way.