You would be surprised by what umpires can get worked up about as a group.
I just got an eval back from a high school playoff game I did last week. I was dinged because my shoes were not entirely clean and black when I walked onto the field (again)... that was it. All the other things that happened in a 7 inning, 2 hour, 3-2 game decided on a suicide squeeze were great... but my shoes. Apparently this was not the first time and my evaluator wanted to make a very specific point about it.
To be fair, good officials have a deep, deep knowledge of the details of the rules and mechanics of officiating and know that it is often the details that are important. You want to be as right as is humanly possible and covering weird situations in play books, case books, clinics and online discussion is critical to raising your knowledge. I have a lot of respect for people like MTR & Comp for the amount of knowledge they have and their willingness to share it.
So if your evaluator watched your whole game and all s/he found to comment on was the cleanliness of your shoes......I'd say you did a pretty good job!
