Overkill

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

I have a hard time believing there is any assignor or supervisor who tells his officials it's expected that they check the time-outs and inform the coaches.

Agreed.

Maybe I'll do it in my next evaluated game and see if it's mentioned.

[OKREF]

I'm just saying it is something we do here, and yes I talked to 10 coaches in that time frame.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by OKREF

I'm just saying it is something we do here, and yes I talked to 10 coaches in that time frame.

Gotta keep your employers happy.

I might be lucky if more than 3-4 local HS coaches even know my name.

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by OKREF

I'm just saying it is something we do here, and yes I talked to 10 coaches in that time frame.

I'm sure they were glad to have you call them during their day to give you validation.

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by zm1283

I'm sure they were glad to have you call them during their day to give you validation.

The reason I talked to them was the majority of the people here didn't do it. I was wanting to know if it was something they liked or maybe we needed to stop doing it. I am always willing to listen and take in what other officials are doing. What works here may not work were you are at, and what works were you are at may to work here.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by OKREF

The reason I talked to them was the majority of the people here didn't do it. I was wanting to know if it was something they liked or maybe we needed to stop doing it. I am always willing to listen and take in what other officials are doing. What works here may not work were you are at, and what works were you are at may to work here.

How do you get evaluations of your performance? (and please don't say from the coaches )

[OKREF]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

How do you get evaluations of your performance? (and please don't say from the coaches )

No. The state association sends out evaluators who have a standard form with criteria. I got evaluated last week and just got my copy from the state this morning. It has five sections. Uniform and appearance, physical condition, attitude and personality, game control, and mechanics. Under each of those there are categories. For instance under game control it has Pregame, sharp whistle, sells calls when necessary, good communications-coaches, table and players, knowledge of rules and interpretations, proper positioning, and judgement. Room for comments on one side of the form. Then they rate us for each category. Superior, good, average, fair, poor.

This is sent to the state association and they send me a copy. Now the coaches are required to go online and rate officials, but they also have to put if they won or lost as well.