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Obviously, one attribute does not make a good official. I do believe that presence is important. Although I am fairly new to officiating BB, I did have experience umpiring about a dozen years ago, and presence is one of those things that I probably developed at that time.
On the other hand, I am not advocating not knowing the rules. I scored the highest mark in my zone on this year's exam.
I would say that positionning was the main thing that our evaluators were looking for. It is one aspect that I have really tried hard to get better at. I know that one of the guys being evaluated mentionned that he tried to change a few things for the evaluation. But when it's not your normal routine, it is difficult. You can't be wottying so much about your positionning that you forget to referee. That's why new officials need to get such things correct from the start.
As for Marty's comments, this is not going to my head. I know that this is one step of a very long ladder. I am going to continue to work very hard at improving. But you will understand if I am on cloud nine today.
Thanks. Jay
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