In teaching they give you a chance to pick when you get observed, with what class (at many schools). Thus you are judged in an "ideal" setting with extra preparation and emphasis towards your best performance. Ralph may have done something similar here, "Dick you are being judged on how your team does against a 2-6 team with 2 weeks of preparation."
If I !@#$ed up as bad as Dick did on Sunday and did not generate the desired result, then I'd be fired by the end of the school year, if not immediately