Just An Observation

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Originally Posted by BillyMac

Here in Connecticut, state tournament assignements are based on coaches votes. We often have votes going to officials who have retired, and no longer officiate. We also get votes for the girls tournament going to officials who have never officiated a girls game. I guess some coaches don't vote on what they observe, but, their votes are based on an official's reputation.

This is what very well may have happened. Also, even though he had no Varsity experience with basketball, he has done Varsity softball for many years. Maybe the coaches just saw the name and said "Yep, he does a good job." That is something I thought of and is probably what happened. It was pretty funny, because he even said that he had to look at the letter twice to see if it was his name on it because he couldn't believe it.

Because of only 35% of recommendation ballots being turned in for volleyball officials, next year the state association is going to mandate turning in the officials recommendations for all sports or else you aren't able to coach during the tournament series.