As someone who coached baseball before I umpired, I can say that I didn't feel qualified to evaluate umpires. I had an opinion about which guys were any good and which ones weren't, but I didn't know anything about rating them on mechanics/rules/etc. I wasn't a varsity HC, but I can't figure out how a 25-30 year old varsity head coach should be able to evaluate umpires that have been calling for as long as he's been alive.
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