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Message: [QUOTE="DarthGrumpy, post: 1834176, member: 2141"] [LIST] [/LIST] I can deal with offside, ball/strikes, and fouls in basketball calmly as its a game. I have been really heated only 3 times in the last 6 years of coaching and two of the three where over player safety. The first was my example of one team slide tacking and taking my players out when slide tackling was not allowed. A second was in baseball when I had the winning run ruled out in the bottom of the inning because he ran out of the baseline between 3rd and Home to avoid running over the opposing Catcher who was blocking the basepath without the ball. I was told by the opposing coach and the Umpire its only obstruction if contact is made, which is 1) incorrect and 2) I am not ordering a 9 year old to try and run over another player in baseball. Afterwards, I found nice video clip on the official Little League website for umpires that clearly states contact is not required and sent it to both. The last was in basketball when the U10 Rec Coordinator decided that since his team beat my team twice in the regular season (by 12 and then by 2), there was no need for a championship game between the top two teams (his team was 10-0, mine was 8-2) and declared his team the champion and cancelled the already scheduled championship game. I love coaching the kids. Dealing with the other BS, less so. [/QUOTE]