[justthefacts]

My understanding is that coaches can’t scratch in the middle of the season, only in preseason.
Officials

Until coaches stop scratching and rating based off the calls they get it will always be that way. If your a 15th region ref and a 3rd region team is there. Who do you give the 50/50 to? The team you never see or the guy who controls your schedule?
Thats why people say its hard to go to another region and win. I dont like this. I dont think coaches should be able to scratch in the middle of season. They also shouldn’t have as much say over who calls their games. I think the regions assigners know who’s capable of calling and who’s not.
Then season ended ratings for post season should be based on how good a ref is, not how good or bad the outcome of a game was during the season. Were they on time? Dressed and groomed neatly? Good mechanics? Huslte? Judgement and rules knowledge? These are way more important then did you win or lose when they were there.