Federation Exam

[LJ_966]

Ed makes some good points. I believe we have been, on the whole, fortunate in West Virginia with our rating system. Most of the coaches do take it seriously and rate accordingly. Besides, if an overall rating is the sum total of individual game performances, than having a bad game will affect your overall rating. We do have many officials who continually rate out at Excellent by the end of the year, I can't help but think that they are indeed excellent officials. But, as I pointed out earlier, there are systemic flaws. I rated out a perfect 2.00 this past season, which is the highest possible rating in the "Good" column. I most likely received 'excellent' marks from as many coaches who rated me with 'good' marks. In our system, it is therefore entirely possible that every winning coach in a game I did gave me an 'excellent' rating, and every loser a 'good' rating. But who knows...

... And, as Ed says, we all know who needs work, but I would add we generally don't have to look very far past the mirror in most cases to see who that is...