Region Officials year end rankings

[mexitucky]

What is the purpose of not having your top ranked official make the Boys State Tournament and represent your region? Why even rate the games?

[Clyde]

That's a question for the 9th region coaches which I assume you are referring to. Their vote counts for about 70%.

[mexitucky]

That's a question for the 9th region coaches which I assume you are referring to. Their vote counts for about 70%.

This went beyond that vote.

[Dungeon Master]

What are you trying to get at?

[mexitucky]

What are you trying to get at?

 

That the state tournament demands the top officials. When an official is rated as Numero Uno in his/her region, then he should be the region's rep at Rupp Arena. That is the point of rankings, correct?

[Clyde]

That the state tournament demands the top officials. When an official is rated as Numero Uno in his/her region, then he should be the region's rep at Rupp Arena. That is the point of rankings, correct?

 

My understanding is that each region sends in the the top 5 refs for boys and top 5 for girls (a ref could be on both lists).

 

From there the KHSAA makes a determination as to the boys/girls issue as well as who will ref in the Sweet 16 in Lex and BG.

[Voice of Reason]

My understanding is that each region sends in the the top 5 refs for boys and top 5 for girls (a ref could be on both lists).

 

From there the KHSAA makes a determination as to the boys/girls issue as well as who will ref in the Sweet 16 in Lex and BG.

 

I think that system is fair and is the best. I don't profess to be the king of ranking officials, but in my own humble opinion I am solid and fair. There is one 9th region official that most consider one of the best up here who sends a shiver down my back every time I see him assigned to a big game. Two reasons ... he will not blow his whistle for a quarter at a time and then will suddenly go whistle happy and second, he always changes and tightens up how he calls a game when it gets late in a tight game. That type of inconsistency is the absolute worst trait an official can have IMO.

[mexitucky]

Thank you, Clyde for tha clarification. Once you said the KHSAA handles it, it made sense. Then the KHSAA isn't listening to regional coaches.

[Clyde]

There is one 9th region official that most consider one of the best up here who sends a shiver down my back every time I see him assigned to a big game. Two reasons ... he will not blow his whistle for a quarter at a time and then will suddenly go whistle happy and second, he always changes and tightens up how he calls a game when it gets late in a tight game.

 

100% incorrect, VOR.

[wildcat14]

I think that system is fair and is the best. I don't profess to be the king of ranking officials, but in my own humble opinion I am solid and fair. There is one 9th region official that most consider one of the best up here who sends a shiver down my back every time I see him assigned to a big game. Two reasons ... he will not blow his whistle for a quarter at a time and then will suddenly go whistle happy and second, he always changes and tightens up how he calls a game when it gets late in a tight game. That type of inconsistency is the absolute worst trait an official can have IMO.

 

does this official have a name?

[NKY Bandit]

does this official have a name?

 

 

He does and most of us up this way know who he is. I agree completely with the inconsistency of officiating- it's my worst pet peeve. A foul is a foul, no matter the time, score or situation. If it's a foul early, call the same thing late. Drive's me crazy.

[TAC]

He does and most of us up this way know who he is. I agree completely with the inconsistency of officiating- it's my worst pet peeve. A foul is a foul, no matter the time, score or situation. If it's a foul early, call the same thing late. Drive's me crazy.

Well can you clue the rest of us in on his name?

[fan4nascar]

I think that system is fair and is the best. I don't profess to be the king of ranking officials, but in my own humble opinion I am solid and fair. There is one 9th region official that most consider one of the best up here who sends a shiver down my back every time I see him assigned to a big game. Two reasons ... he will not blow his whistle for a quarter at a time and then will suddenly go whistle happy and second, he always changes and tightens up how he calls a game when it gets late in a tight game. That type of inconsistency is the absolute worst trait an official can have IMO.

Not sure of the official in question, but I agree with you 100% that too many officials call the game differently in the fourth quarter than they do in the first and second. Drives me nuts!

[jahearme]

Something else you have to keep in mind is that a certain percentage of the officials that call the state tournament MUST be minorities. I don't know the exact percentage, but that is the case whether you agree with that or not.

[mexitucky]

The point of this thread wasn't to bash any officials. Rather it was to call into question the selection process. In my company, we send qualifying people on a year-end sales trip. If I finish in the top 5 of my tenure group, I'm not going. I have to finish in the top 3. That's just the way it is b/c our best is who qualified. I don't get KHSAA's thinking here.