morell wrote:And take some care. There are innumerate examples of brothers getting mixed up. People that look similar getting mixed up. Players that were injured early on but because they're well known still getting votes.
Its not nitpicking when a player gets 1 vote when he was clearly BoG or a player not getting votes when he perhaps deserved to. It's actually fundamental and obvious errors.
I don't blame the umps. Their job is hard enough. To be expected to accurately adjudicate the worthiness of individual players games is far too onerous.
In my mind, the best placed people involved in the game at our level who have the buy in, knowledge, vantage point and time to make a fair call are the coaches.
If i was an umpire (god help us ) i would note my best players at 1/2 time from each team and then do the same for the second half. I would also use guernsey numbers, not names.
But in saying that. i am sure that not too many umpires below div 4 could think that logically.
You will find not so many discrepancies in the higher grades as you get better umpires. Simple, get out of the lower divisions......
