Well Mr Church.

As i've said previously about coaches at the national level, officials share the same fate. If a referee in the NCAA fails his evaluations which are done by appointed people he will not get to officiate again at that level. I don't think we are at a point here in Kansas where we need evaluators for officials just yet.

Where I do see a problem however is some school administrators and coaches hiring the same officials every year for their tournaments. This is really counter productive for the system in general. Coaches get used to seeing the same officials throughout the year and then they get to the state series and see knew officials and are blown away by difference in calls,

Im not really the type of official who ejects a coach just because they complain about everything. I save those for the ones that are verbally abusive ( name calling etc etc ).

Mike I agree with you, it should be okay to discuss certain issues on here openly. However just in the last week there have been at least 7 different topics that all deal with the same issues and its not constructive at all, thats the key here.


William Nigel Isom
Officials Director (USAWKS)
KSHSAA #14274
USAWKS #577
Riley KS