It wasn't the 16 yr old ump that was the problem when I coached. It was the frustrated jock father and helicopter mother who thought their child was playing the wrong position, should be playing more than their 3 innings per game, shouldn't suffer the agony of disappointment, yada, yada, yada. Eight years old and we should be grooming them for a college scholarship when they don't yet know where 1st base is. I don't miss coaching at all.
