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Originally Posted by Tim C
OK, let's build a system of evaluation for umpires (that work games with non-professional players).
Question #1:
Would you want to give coaches formal input on an umpire's evaluation?
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IMO, the most important aspect of building an evaluation system is to have Umpires doing the evaluation.
These umpires (like yourself) would get paid just as if they were doing games. The pay could be curtailed (meaning not a top rate Varsity Fee) but none-the-less compensatory.
Depending upon how many games your association services you most likely will need at least 5-6 guys that do the evaluating.
Should the coaches get input?
On a trial basis.
here is what I mean.
We have Team A playing Team B
We also have an umpire evaluator present.
At the end of the game compare the evaluations? If the coaches evaluations are "way off" then it is not a good idea to have input from them because in a way the coaches evaluation is meaningless. You could have one of those games where we had balks called, OBS/ interference etc. All PROPER calls by the umpiring crew BUT the coaches thought they were terrible hence a bad evaluation.
Also, IMO, one or two bad games does NOT make for an efficient system either. We all have had bad games so we need to take that into account.
In summary: Unless the umpire association can provide OFFICIALS to do the evlauating IMO, the system will be flawed and unproductive. Feedback also needs to be conveyed to the umpires.
Pete Booth