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Originally Posted by Freddy
Once heard an interview with a prominent coach from a large city in our state who claimed, as I recall it, "I don't think any official is worthy of a 5 and a 3 is average, so I try to give most of them 4's if I can."
It seemed clear that for years he had the numbers reversed.
And this guy's ratings determine post-season assignments to some extent?
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The Michigan rating system is a joke in my opinion. I know that I have gotten poor ratings simply because the coach did not understand the rules, not because of anything that I did wrong.
I also find it funny that very few 5's are given out. The reason? Giving a 5 requires that the coach document the reason for the rating of 5. Therefore the worst coaches normally will give is a 4, even when a 5 is deserved.
The worst one I saw was a varsity volleyball coach who had all the officials sign in with their number on the official volleyball ratings form. This itself is not a problem, but when the rating of 3 is already circled for every official who has signed and not yet signed the form, we have a problem. I got a 4 from this coach because I refused to sign the paper since it had a rating assigned before I worked the match. She got my number from another team, and rated me down for not going along with her sham rating.