CoverKing wrote:adelaide bank wrote:Ok so I have been out of the A grade scene for a while but so far this year have been absolutely disgusted with the level of umpires we are being supplied with. I understand it is hard to get them and we should be happy to have them . But come on as far as I am concerned you are being paid to do a job these guys are not volunteers they are paid employees so therfor should be performing to a satisfactory level. I honestly believe we would be better off umpiring our own games then have some of these blokes . The old guy called Bob that did our 20/20 game on Sunday had two hearing aids and im pretty sure nodded off a couple of times. some of his decisions were disgraceful and little things like counting to six not the hardest thing to do for 20 dollars an hour I wouldnt think.I would like to say this is not taking anything away from Western Youth they won and the game was played hard and tough while in good spirits but come on I am asking us to all stand up together and demand better because this money is coming out of our clubs and could be spent on much more worthy things.I believe the ASCA is now in a great place where we have all worked hard to build strong succesful clubs and deserve better from our association so Russ or whoever sort it out before i get banned for life
Umpiring was terrible in our t20 game. No doubt about it. However, it doesnt excuse the behaviour of the morphy parks lads at the end of the game. That was as bad as i have ever seen.
Bob Harris (both umpires were named Bob), was terrible. There was a straight drive that bounced between 10m-15m inside the fence. I went to retrieve the ball which was close to the road after it had rolled. I picked it up, turned around and witnessed him signalling a 6. I ran up and said it bounced atleast 10m inside the boundary. He then said 'i asked you once what it was, you didnt respond so i called it a six". i replied 'pretty hard to here you when im chasing the ball that has rolled a fair way past the boundary. couldnt you hvae waited for me to return to the field an dask me again?". Bob replied " oh i didnt think of that"
The bloke has no common sense, he doesnt communicate one bit (neither does Fradd for that mtter). The umpiring standard is definitely dropping. An umpires report will be filled out for the t20 for sure, and the marks will not be favourable.
You are both completely correct. It is a ridiculous amount of money to pay a bunch of nuffies (ofcourse I am only speaking of a certain few umpires), who despite having a counter, have less idea on how many balls have been bowled in the over than the fielders do.
