[LC Class of 2010]

You are assuming that coaches are qualified to evaluate officials...Having been on both sides at the varsity level I can assure you that most are not...They rate you well if they like you and poorly if they don't...The refs could call a good game and if things don't go the coach's way, they rate them poorly based on the outcome...Lets say the ref does have a bad game & that's the only time he has that team and the rest of the year he is great...Based on that one game the coach rates him poorly...How is that fair??

I believe all regions have officials associations and there are rating systems in place that combine both the opinions of coaches and evaluations by the region's assigning secretary as well as other arbitrary criteria...Officials are rated based on each region's system...If a coach does not like a particular ref, most regions allow them to "scratch" that particular official...

Are there poor officials? Sure there are but I have been to games where the poor level of play makes good officials look bad...Can the officiating improve?? Yes it can and in my experience most officials who are out there try to improve yearly...I've been to thousands of games and it is very rare that officials dictate the outcome of the game...It's just another crutch that people like to use when their team gets beat...It gets old...

It's easy to sit in the stands and complain...After you graduate in a few years and mature a little more maybe you can join your local association and show everyone how it's done...I'm sure they would welcome you...:thumpsup:

Hey big guy..you don't have to get all defensive just because you are a p.o.ed official that's mad because I made a suggestion that might get you out of the job. :lmao: