blackcat wrote:Mitcham up by 6 points, last kick of the game.
Absolutely disgraceful performance by both umpires but especially the female. I know it might smack of sour grapes but I dont give a fork. She single handedly cost Para Hills the game. Mitcham probably played better footy but you cant excuse the performance of the umps. GET IT RIGHT SHADIAC, no more academy umps in div 3, we've had enough.
Sigh
Another week, another person whinging about umpires
Hands up here who has actually umpired? And by that, I don't mean they've grabbed a whistle to fill in when their club has needed it, I mean actually umpired for a league, been through league training, and worked their way through umpiring juniors, under 18's, reserves and seniors? I have, I've done just over 200 games all up, and hearing people bitch about a decision costing them a game gives me the shits.
How many mistakes are made by your players during a game, which influence the result? The full forward who grasses a chest mark or who misses an easy set shot at goal. The backman who's tackle slips a little high, or who chops an arm and gives away a free kick which results in a goal. A midfielder who coughs it up to an opponent, or misses an easy tackle? Stacks of times. But 1 decision by an umpire is the reason you lost?? Fair go mate.
Where do you expect umpires to get experience? (And this next bit is an assumption, because I haven't umpired for the saafl), but I'm guessing that the umpires who are being trained in the academy have to work their way up through the leagues, and the better they get, the higher grade they umpire. Hence, PEOPLE UMPIRING DIV 3 AREN'T GOING TO BE AS GOOD AS THOSE UMPIRING DIV 1. Just like the players aren't as good in div 3 as in div 1. And if there is an umpire who is consistantly bad, they'll get dropped to the lower grades, where they can get a bit more experience, a bit more practice and move back up, the same as players.
Like it or not, we're never going to agree with all the decisions that get made on a weekend, I'm guilty of asking umpires about what I think are dubious decisions during a game, but once it's made, bitching isn't going to change anything, all that might happen, is that umpires get sick of doing a job that we need them to do, and quit, so that we're left with club umpires instead of league ones. Tell me that you'd rather have a biased club umpire doing your game each week than a league guy.
If you honestly think the umpires are that bad, and you'd do a better job, there's a simple solution. Head down to the saafl, sign up, do the training, get a whistle and prove it.
