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Originally Posted by Smitty
It's a real drag that it is the way it is. But there's so much cronyism between our refs and the Varsity coaches (coaches get a vote in the state tourney selection process) that we tend to be a little gun shy to call the T. At the lower levels I don't see it being a problem as much.
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While what you state may happen, it is far from commonplace. In fact, I tend to observe worse coach behavior in JV games where the oficials just don't have any game managment skills or make poorly chosen calls.
I've heard "stories" about coaches that I just haven't had any issues with. I simply don't have trouble with coaches.
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Originally Posted by Smitty
And if you do start calling a lot of bench Ts you get branded in a "humorous" but not so humorous way (see user Tlieb who is also from our association - guess what the T stands for).
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If it is who I think it is, he is well respected and is moving up relatively fast....passing a lot of people. The fact that he might be calling T's more than average is certainly not holding him back.
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Originally Posted by Smitty
Until we get leadership that will back us up every time and be consistent throughout the whole association as far as evaluations and the process to move up in the association, I'm afraid not much will change.
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I know for a fact that our leadership has always backed up our officials. Sometimes that official may have made poor judgement but the commish doesn't ever tell the school that. It's handled internally and has the same impact as any other poor judgement would.
Your comment about evaluations and moving up, sadly, is all too commonly believed. (I NOT talking about you here, just in a general sense. In fact, this sort of attitude is not limited to officiating but is prevalent in any competative envirnment). Most people hold themselves back by trying to find what others are doing wrong rather trying to find what they are doing wrong. Sure, top officials make errors....and will continue to make errors. Everyone knows that..coaches, assignors, the officials....no one is perfect. Either they make fewer errors or the type they make are ones that all parties are more willing to accept. The job of moving up is recognizing where you fall short and addressing those areas. Part of that is accepting criticism (again, not talking about you because I know you're one to listen and want to improve). All to often critical evaluations are met with anger and disbelief. I've seen it and heard it. Too often the evaluatee just wants to be told what they're doing right, not what they need to do to get better.