While the umpires struggled in this game, for sure, the incident
with the coaches ejections was all because of Jack Leggett really. He is not even a "coach" by designation or title. He is a second level guy on the team. And NO umpire is going to allow a second tier position/role within any baseball program yell/cuss at umpires constantly (especially if warned) and eventually run out of the dugout onto the field. He is the equivalent of the Dir. of Operations, Director of Analytics, etc, etc.. He is a retired former (2015) coach that should and knows better than to do that. His ego put his head coach in a terrible predicament. It was nice of Coach Bakich to include him with the program but sometimes these are examples of why your former head coaches need to move on. Imagine having Coach Beamer (who last coached in 2016) on the sidelines with Coach Pry as a Director of High School Relations and him running onto the field (at a critical time or any time for that matter) because of a missed Pass Interference call. Most umpires, referees, officials, etc. give the head guy some leeway but not staff members. And to your point, let's see what they are talking about before creating that mess. But Bakich wouldn't have been thrown out if not for Leggett's actions.
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The Crew Chief explained the Clemson ejections in a statement afterwards
-- VTChip
Jun 10, 2024 at 12:33 PM ET
VTChip
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06/10/24 12:33 PM ET
Why did the Clemson coaches get crazy when the umps huddled?
-- Walkin` Willie
Jun 10, 2024 at 02:02 PM ET
Walkin` Willie
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06/10/24 02:02 PM ET
While the umpires struggled in this game, for sure, the incident
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-- VTScoop
Jun 10, 2024 at 03:29 PM ET
VTScoop
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06/10/24 03:29 PM ET
Translation: we don’t like being yelled at when we screw up
-- hokiepro
Jun 10, 2024 at 01:02 PM ET
hokiepro
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06/10/24 01:02 PM ET