Accountability in the hiring of officials is on the administration and coach of the host school. Hire only those officials that you want working your matches. No official in any sport on any level can say that they haven't blown a call. What they must be able to say is that I have learned from that situation and hopefully it won't happen again. In my 17 years of coaching I not only scouted the opposing wrestlers but also thought that it was my responsibility to evaluate the officials so that I could give an acccurate recommendation to the KSHSAA as to who I thought would do a good job during the post season tournaments. I must agree that conditioning and fitness is extremely important but I have seen officials that were well conditioned but didn't have the ability to anticipate moves and motion and therefore were not in position to make a call. My point is that there are a lot of varying factors that makeup a good wrestling official with experience being one of the most important.