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Originally Posted by ballgame99
Does every state have an official rating system? Here in Missouri the coaches rate you from 1 to 5 on various criteria (1 being the best, 5 the worst). The state association uses this as part of thier criteria for post season assignments. They also tell you any areas where a coach has marked that you need to improve. I got a 'needs to improve' on 'verbal communication' (I will cop to that), and then a couple on 'consistency'. I didn't see that one coming because I try to be very consistent. In any event, it just strikes me as strange that coaches are evaluating me vs another ref or assigner or something. How do other states do this?
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Communication could be valid. Consistency is usually the same as "call it both ways". They see you call a block on them, they want the next collision on the other end to be a block even though it could only be a charge.
Coaches, in general, are unlikely to be fair judges of officials. They are naturally biased and want everything to go their way. The more it does, the more they like you...and the other coach doesn't.
I was reading some fan discussion boards recently and fans of both teams thought the officials were strongly favoring the other team. That, of course, it not even possible. They just see what they want where anything less than 80% for their team is unbalanced.