Working with (not against) your partner

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Originally Posted by DaveASA/FED

I agree with you 100% my state also does this, well it comes from the AD's computer but coaches have the most input in the rankings. However, what is a better system?

Well, for HS we have a rating committee of three. The umpires are expected to rate their partners and submit the forms to the committee. The committee also goes out to watch what games they can including the games they may work.

Toward the end of the season, each member reads all the submitted evaluations and independently rates those eligible for the HS state tournament. It is almost uncanny how close the three lists are. The problem is we submit our selections to the HS committee who then takes separate coaches' ratings and determines which umpires will work what tournament games. We routinely have umpires omitted by the coaches simply because they called the game by the rules and that isn't right.