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Originally posted by Coachdg
Just looking for some quick opinions. Do you think a rating system that involves a peer rating along with coaches ratings work? Can you give me examples that work and don't work. Thanks
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My state has a system where coaches' ratings and officialÂ’s ratings (certified officials only) are in place. I really do not think it matters. No matter what system we live under, someone is going to be upset with that system. We have what is called a power rating. The power rating consists of 5 points for each area considered. We get points for our promotion level (X-R-C), Part 1 Exam, previous tournament experience, all ratings by percentile, number of varsity games, and finally top 15 list percentile.
The IHSA office also considers attending a certified clinic (for basketball that means a 6 hour clinic), must attend a rules meeting during the current year, officials availability, geographic consideration of the officials, and current promotion level of official. Certified officials get the assignments first and other level of officials will be considered secondary.
Some people do not like it, others are OK with it. I personally am neutral on the issue. To me the current system is better than what it used to be. Before coaches used to go to a seeding meeting and just give 25 names of officials that they wanted to see in the post season. Supposedly the IHSA office would take those names and assign playoffs to people that were put on these lists. Of course we never knew who was listed or not as official. If you had a coach as a friend you might get some incite on who would be listed, but it was always not official information. Our ratings are listed on our personal websites and we know where we are rated as it relates to the entire state. These ratings are updated weekly so we know what happens. Before our current process, the officials were totally in the dark and we would never know why we got a playoff game or why we did not. Now we have some harder information to go by. It is not at all perfect and I personally wish there was an observers program to determine a separation between the good officials from the great officials. Our state does observe officials often, but it is only a couple of people that do this on a regular basis (at least that we are aware of) and they are primarily looking at officials that might be eligible for state final consideration (Sectional level officials and higher). For an official that has not worked a sectional level game, you have to be in the same building of a official being considered for a state final and hope they saw enough to give you a chance to work the post season. If your numbers are not very high, then it is unlikely that you will be considered for the playoffs if you are not observed.
Peace