As long as the two-man system is used, there will be less than satisfactory officiating. To evaluate a ref in a two-man system isn't fair to the one who may be on the ball, while the other is the real problem. Yet, like it or not, most evaluators (coaches?) would evaluate them both as a team, with our without meaning to. USSF is the only way to go; its system allows for the center ref to overrule, for all the right reasons, a bad or frivolous call by an AR (linesman). ... As a certified USSF ref, and a high school ref (my area is in short supply, so I help out), I would welcome any evaluation of any game I would do. Just don't pair me up with a clueless newcomer (or clueless "veteran" ref) and evaluate us both as one. For those who think you can be objective and keep things separate, sorry, but I don't think you all can. Most coaches aren't qualified to evaluate objectively (most also will disagree with this, I'm sure), especially after a loss.
