Tlk about OOO (boogers)

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by jicecone


I would expect this to be correct. The officials would most likely be tougher on rating the officials than the coaches.

That is not at all true (at least where I live). We have a coaches rating system, but it is combined with official's ratings as well. It was found that officials were busy pumping up fellow officials ratings and not being more honest as the coaches. Now coaches of course have biases, but so did officials. The rating system was even changed because officials were not giving ratings based on ability, but not wanting to hurt fellow officials.

Originally posted by jicecone
Also, the criteria used would more likely be based upon mechanics, rule knowledge, professionalism, uniform, hustle, etc. Not so much on winning and losing, or a judgemental decision. Which you know affects the final ratings by coaches.

Our state did a study on what were the reasons coaches gave for their ratings. Our ratings are submitted over the internet and many questions are asked before the rating can be completed. The IHSA office found out that the differences between winning coach and losing coaches were decimal points. Coaches that were losing were not just screwing officials because they had lost. Coaches were not just giving good ratings because a coach won either. Officials on the other hand would give good ratings regardless of their ability or their rank.

The problem with any system is there are flaws. Even in the NFL where there are constant evaluations, the officials are not completely happy with the evaluation system that is in place. Officials in the NFL are downgraded for bad play and they are never credited for making good plays. So the objective is to avoid bad plays (which are the evaluatorÂ’s opinion) and they never gain anything from making good plays. So the only thing you know about an official or crew is the number of bad plays they have made. I can tell you that officials in the NFL have expressed concern. I have heard of similar systems in the NBA and MLB. I do know some of that is changing at least in the NBA. These systems that they pros use are how officials are picked for post season games. In our state ratings is just one of about 6 different factors to come up with a power rating. Then other factors are considered as well. The current system is a lot better than what it was. It used to start and end with coach's recommendations and then the state took the recommendations and made their assignments. All that information was all a secret and you had no idea why you would get assignments. At least know we have a very good idea.


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