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Originally Posted by Rain Man
That's a good point. So maybe the key isn't improving officiating, but being sure that it's consistent. I don't know if that's easier to solve, but it might be.
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I also think sometimes we assume refs enjoy calling in favor of the offense. The league creates the new rules. The refs get stuck trying to make black and white calls on grey rules. The unfair advantage for the wr drives me nuts at times.
Again maybe I'm in the minority but if I heard a guy, or the league, just admit when the call got ****ed up I would move on easier. NHL does it sometimes. NFL does it once in a blue moon.
Like when the ump admitted he screwed up the white Sox no hitter a few years back. I went from blasting the guy to respecting him. Same thing when I'm coaching baseball. Ump tells me he missed a call, I don't have much left to say.
It's when they won't talk to each other or to the coach, when they won't explain themselves or know the rules that I get mad.
Like tripplett. I don't care that a ref screws up. But this guy is in a game he doesn't deserve to be in and seems to care little that he royally blew a call. He just rides into the sunset. If he said "damn I can't believe my last act as a ref included that call", I could actually let it go. Nope. Nothing from him or the league.