re: NCAA statement on the Coastal coach ejection

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Where was the second warning?

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Plain as day on the video, right after the first warning. The ump first stops play to address the 1st base coach, then he reacts to Schall and you can see him looking at Schall and pointing to the 1st base coach. This is clearly the part Schall described as the ump explaining the warning of the 1st base coach to him, then the ump plainly points at Schall and waves him back into the dugout (1st warning), then the ump points again at Schall and gives him the "shooing" motion that Schall described (2d warning), THEN signals the ejection signal. Two different and distinct warning to get back into the dugout that were ignored BEFORE the ejection. And in the reverse angle shot you can see that Schall starts that "3 pitches" chirp (which, again, he himself admitted didn't even start until after he'd had it explained that the initial warning to the 1st base coach was for arguing balls and strikes), and keeps it up at least until he is ejected.

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In this case, the way it went down was that the head coach was asking why the assistant got a warning, was told why, and then reactively said yeah you are missing calls, and then immediate ejection.
So it’s not like the head coach had been causing a big ruckus or even had time to think through what was happening. I think the coach is a hothead, but I don’t think he believed there was any way he’d get tossed for the little bit he said.

In retrospect, I think the ump should have handled it differently and given the head coach a clear and direct warning instead of using the warning for the assistant coach and then tossing the head coach the first time he said something.

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Find the wide angle shot of the ejection. You can see the coach come out and ask what the warning was for. He gets the answer and makes the "3 calls" gesture. The ump tells him to go back to the dugout, coach makes the "3 calls" gesture again and that's when he gets tossed.

Was it quick? Sure. But he basically received 2-3 warnings before he got ejected.

I don't think the ump should have entertained him any longer than he did. Coach should have gone back to the dugout quietly and then come out at the half inning to get clarification on the warning.

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He gets the answer and makes the "3 calls" gesture. The ump tells him to go back to the dugout, coach makes the "3 calls" gesture again and that's when he gets tossed.

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That did not happen on any video I’ve seen.

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But he basically received 2-3 warnings before he got ejected.

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One warning, and it was given because of what the 1st base coach said, not him.
So in his mind, he was tossed the second he said “you missed three calls”.
No cursing or anything.

The ump is soft, and that’s without getting into the douchebag who tripped and got his feelings hurt.

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I still think he should have been given a little more rope. Or shall I say, I wish he had been given more rope… I didn't want any ammo for people to say that it affected the game in LSU's favor

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This is flawed thinking within the realm of the sport...this same logic could be applied to a close call at 1st or a borderline 3-2 call with bases loaded, depending on perspective it's either too early or too late in the game to make xyx call.

Maybe the coach should have been more calm and collected and use the same rational everyone is applying to the excuse making...it's too early to get ejected.

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This is flawed thinking within the realm of the sport...this same logic could be applied to a close call at 1st or a borderline 3-2 call with bases loaded, depending on perspective it's either too early or too late in the game to make xyx call.

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I don’t think rules around ejections are at all the same thing as rules around gameplay calls. I don’t think it makes any sense at all to think of them in that way and have a hard time believing anyone else truly does either.

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One warning, and it was given because of what the 1st base coach said, not him.

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Moron. The ump pointed at the head coach while he was in the dugout which signals that he was given a warning. The ump was writing it down when Coach Redbull came stomping out of the dugout.

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The crew is expected to give coaches a HUGE amount of leeway, take responsibility for "de-escalating" a raging coach

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NCAA has a product that must be protected. The biggest stage: On national TV on a Broadcast channel is not a place to for treating a complete clown that is embarrassing the product with special treatment. If a coach can't control himself under that spotlight, he does not deserve de-escalation...rather he should not have acted the way he did - so I respectfully disagree with you and Chicken's opinion. Geaux Tigers!

The rules are actually black and white, zero arguing balls and strikes. I think what people are barking about is how much rope umps give coaches at their discretion. He got warned, was told to get back to the dugout multiple times, the coaches reply "or what" got him tossed. I think people are getting hung up on the 1st inning thing.

I personally believe the coach wanted get tossed at some point in the game as some sort of spark or motivator for his team, he was way too heated in the 1st inning.

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Those dont count as warnings.

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Of course they do? What else would they be? Gentle retorts? Even if he didn't use the formal wording in those instances (we don't know whether he did or not) then they were informal warnings because they had already received the formal warning. And so, rather than progress to immediate ejection -- the next formal step -- the ump elected to show Schall extraordinary patience and give him extra leash with the informal warning, and Schall ignored it and continued pushing for the next formal step (ejection). And instead of taking that next formal step, the ump again chose to give him an informal warning to avoid ejecting a head coach in the first inning of a championship. And AGAIN Schall ignored the special consideration he was being given and continued to push to escalate the issue to the next formal step. Which, at LONG last, the umpire finally did. He accede to Schall's insistence on escalation and gave him exactly what his behaviour demanded.

But before we get off into whether the extra leeway was warranted in this case, could someone (anyone?) point to an example, even one, in all of baseball, where this leeway was given when a coach:

1) after his team had been given a formal warning for arguing balls and strikes,
2) came out of the dugout to argue balls and strikes (the "you missed three pitches" line Schall himself admitted),
3) was give a second warning (formal or informal) and instructed to return to the dugout,
4) ignored that warning and instruction and continued to come out of the dugout and continued to argue balls and strikes (with the "three pitches" line he clearly gives again),
5) was given a second warning (formal or informal) and again instructed to return to the dugout,
6) again ignored the warning and instruction (or worse, gave the alleged "or what?" response) and continued to come out of the dugout and continued to argue balls and strikes (again with the "three pitches" line),

and didn't get ejected?

What part do you dispute? The umpire gave the head coach a warning while he was as in the dugout. The head coach admits in the post game he was given a warning.
The version you have been spouting is wrong.