Frustrated about ratings system and postseason assignment

[BlueDevilRef]

This is the rating sx Missouri has always used since I’ve been an official. It’s F’ng ludicrous the coaches have ANY say, let alone the only say. Our ratings are 100% coach based.

That being said, we have parameters for postseason but they are rarely followed. Ratings index, career length, number of varsity contests in that reg season etc. all of them get ignored during postseason. Sometimes bc of shortage of officials, but mostly due to politics.

I would rather have a mix of coach, peer, assignor, evaluator, assn and written test scores be the basis for a rating.


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[zm1283]

Originally Posted by BlueDevilRef

This is the rating sx Missouri has always used since I’ve been an official. It’s F’ng ludicrous the coaches have ANY say, let alone the only say. Our ratings are 100% coach based.

That being said, we have parameters for postseason but they are rarely followed. Ratings index, career length, number of varsity contests in that reg season etc. all of them get ignored during postseason. Sometimes bc of shortage of officials, but mostly due to politics.

I would rather have a mix of coach, peer, assignor, evaluator, assn and written test scores be the basis for a rating.


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At least in Missouri the coaches have to rate you, which balances things out at least some of the time. The way the OP described it, their coaches only put in a rating if they are upset with the job you did.

[UNIgiantslayers]

Originally Posted by zm1283

At least in Missouri the coaches have to rate you, which balances things out at least some of the time. The way the OP described it, their coaches only put in a rating if they are upset with the job you did.

That's been my experience. I've gotten two evaluations in the past two seasons. Not two per season. Two total. Both of them did the same thing and gave me every negative rating they possibly could including some of the crazy ones that are obviously not true. That's my problem with it. Require them to rate us like we are required to do sportsmanship ratings (that don't even get used), or don't take them into consideration.