JAD, I respect you're opinion on this but you're trying to compare apples to oranges. College coaches' livelihoods, no matter the level of play, depend upon the success of the program. I too have seen bad college pitch calling from the dugout. Usually, these college coaches and their staff has at most, a couple of seasons since they invariably lose a majority of their games. Softball has now become, for the most part, a revenue generating sport for those colleges that have a successful program and have developed some success. Depending upon the conference, division and with internet access, many parents, who never had access to watching their DD play college ball out of town, or even in town, can now watch for a "small" subscriber fee to a website no matter the level of play. Dont get me wrong, I don't believe it will ever reach the revenue generation of football but it still beats the field hockey and lacrosse ratings.
By the same token, any catcher learning their craft, including calling pitches, is never a bad thing. Many times, they can call a better game than the coaches simply because they see things the coaches missed since they are "right there" behind the batter. Truly good catchers, if not great catchers can see swing flaws, stances, the true strike zone, and if they are a good/great catcher, they can expand it, etc. Etc.
I am not an expert on the subject, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express one time last year, and I bet you can count the number of college softball teams operating in the black on one hand....
Never said catchers should not learn how to call a game, just pointed out that the number of them that do it in college can probably be counted on the other hand from the reference above.
The best way to learn how to call a pitcher is to work with the pitcher for an extended period of time to learn the strengths and weaknesses. In Obbay's original post he stated that his DD was picking up and the catcher had probably NEVER caught for her before, yet she acted like a "know it all"....which is why I felt compelled added my $0.02!