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It had nothing to do with his skills. He was a good umpire, ISF certified with a Men's Super coming up the following month. From what I gathered, they didn't tell the UIC who they wanted on the game, just stated who they didn't want on the dish for that game. The reason they asked for and were accommodated with a change was because he was so laid back, the teams did not believe he could appreciate the high competitive nature of that particular game. I don't think there was an umpire there that believed he couldn't handle the game, but I also understand how the teams got that perception.
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The UIC did what was necessary for the customer and the organization he represented (ASA) in this case.
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Sorry guys, but how you are perceived is often the difference maker in evaluating umpires.
When you have a group of umpires that are all mechanically sound, know the rules and do the signals properly, there has to be a way to differentiate them to move to the next level or fill a finite number of assignments. I once had a UIC tell me that he made decisions on what umpires received final day assignments at a national tournament by seeing who had cleaner shoelaces. A bit of an exaggeration, but the point is that he had too may outstanding umpires for too few assignments. He had to use all of those "perception" items to make decisions.
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