WOS Dragons wrote:morell wrote:Honestly think about 40% of the decisions umpires make at this level would be technically incorrect or not within the spirit of the game. Of course that's completely anecdotal and I have nothing empirical to back it up. Obviously there are games where they get it right most of the time.
Considering the AFL thinks their umpires get approx 15% of their decisions wrong (1) , it wouldn't be anywhere near out of the question that a D6 amateur umpire would be going at 40%.
Also, shocked and disgusted that teams are specifically discussed at umpires training. Talk about prejudice. Make each decision on its merits FFS.
(1)
http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/apprj/ ... 2-gill.pdf
I don't understand why people worry about umpires. I have played 14 years of footy between div 6 and div 4 and I reckon I could count on one hand the number of times an umpire has had a significant impact on the result. Yes they make mistakes but so do the players. Its a lot more likely that a players mistake will impact a result than an umpires mistake.
I'm not worried, and I agree, they've never altered a result that I have seen, but lets not pretend they're any good, or that major improvements couldn't be made.
One of the worst things you can do is compare them to players. They're not players and should not be held to the same standards. Completely different jobs, focuses and measurements of performance. This reasonably new way of thinking of "they're part of the game" is complete folly.
In addition, they may not have altered any results, but I reckon they've caused a fair few unnecessary blues, lost tempers and sullied reputations.
Perhaps this notion of making their mind up before they've even thrown a ball up might be part of the problem.