UT-Vandy Shenanigans

[Replacematt]

10 minutes ago, grayhawk said:

I feel like bat flips aren't dealt with consistently across the board. Props? Yes, because we have concrete, defined rules. If the prop comes out of the dugout, we eject. If it stays in the dugout, we don't. Bat flips are much less defined. How high does it go? Is it directed towards the opposing dugout? Opposing player? Is it accompanied by words or other actions? There are just so many more variables. If they gave us more defined parameters, then I think it would be more consistently enforced.

I chose the word relatively for this reason.

It's a specific act that's been called out with some semblance of guidelines. Far more so than just "unsportsmanlike words or actions directed at an opponent or umpire." At least we have absolute ejections for some criteria, and the notice is on that ejections can happen for others.

Nothing will ever be 100% consistent because no two situations will ever be exactly the same, plus we're human.

[BigBlue4u]

On 5/13/2025 at 11:49 AM, Replacematt said:

We chose both to give us the option to toss the HC if we got to a second ejection.

That is one of the fastest ways to get things under control.  Warn the head coach if it happens again, he's going for not controlling his team.

[Replacematt]

17 minutes ago, BigBlue4u said:

That is one of the fastest ways to get things under control.  Warn the head coach if it happens again, he's going for not controlling his team.

To be clear, we have to have a rule basis for it. There's no such thing as "not controlling your team." NCAA is particular about who is ejected, when, and for what--there isn't a provision in 2-26 or 5-15 to eject a coach for the behavior of players other than what we used.

Case in point, from this year's test--F2 puts a foreign substance on the ball, F1 delivers it. Who is ejected?

[zoops]

This is a little more like it 😜!  This one seems a little quick, but must have had a profanity in there or something. 

 

[Velho]

13 minutes ago, zoops said:

but must have had a profanity in there or something. 

Reading lips (though I'm no Jomboy), I think he first said a version of bull-pucky and then yelled at F1, sharing the opinion that he's a sexually active feline.