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Originally Posted by JetMetFan
As an outsider looking in I'm curious: are the coaches' ratings in your area taken within the context of what happened in a particular game? For example, if a coach gives someone a lousy rating in a game their team lost by 40 while the other coach gives them a great rating it would seem that should be taken into account.
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Not directly but I suppose it could be indirectly. Coaches don't rate officials, per se....we hold a vote once per year and they pick their preferred officials. If the vote occurred near that game, it could certainly influence their vote but the effect is limited.
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We are alloted 19 slots across the 6 the state tourneys (quarter-finals and on including consolation brackets, boys and girls combined at each tourney, 12 officials assigned at each of the 6 tourneys). The specific allocations in each are proportional to the number of schools we serve at each classification relative to the rest of the state....we cover 2/3 of the 6A schools and 1/3 of the 5A schools and (roughly) about about 1/6 of each of the rest of the classes.
We have about 120-150 officials who are "eligible" for post-season games. Internally, we narrow that list down, by a vote, to approximately 70 officials. Those 70 officials are put on a ballot that is again presented to the officials and to the coaches. There are about 145 varsity coaches and about 240 officials are eligible to vote. About 60-80 coaches usually vote and about 150-180 officials usually vote.
In an effort to dilute the effect of self-votes and buddy votes, a valid ballot requires a minimum and a maximum number of selection (10 to 19 for officials, 4 to 15 for coaches). Essentially, the coaches pick the 4-15 officials they'd most like to see at a tourney, they can't "ding" one official any more than the other 55-65 they also don't pick. So, unlike other areas that use ratings, a coach can't sink an official's average by giving them a really bad rating.
The results are tabulated with all votes being equal to formulate an order. More or less, the top 19 make the tourney with the #1 having 1st choice of where they want to go.