Clete Blackmon: officiating history

[BlackOp]

So our boy "Clete" was being sold by the NFL as some type of "rockstar" new official....He's already amassed a sterling resume.

AFCCG where the Patriots weren't called for a single offensive/defensive penalty (Jags)..and the fallout.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/e...nship-victory/

He headed up the crew that called like 10 penalties against KC in the first 8 minutes of the Rams game...while ignoring an obvious FS on the Rams first TD.

He did the KC/Patriots AFCCG too...

He just added this Detroit/GB shit show to his impressive body of work....

[BlackOp]

Originally Posted by jjjayb

At this point it's not tinfoil hat conspiracy anymore.

The only fanbase that is completely content with the state of NFL officiating resides in NE...they dont seem to have a problem with it...and why would they.

It's like billionaires staring down from their hidden mountain bunkers....while the city below them burns....and knowing it wont effect them in any way, shape or form.

[BlackOp]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

If you guys think the NFL is rigged why even talk about the state of the Chiefs at all since none of it would affect the ultimate outcome due to said rigging?

That's kind of where I'm at...but I'm not going down without calling out Goodell/Kraft for ruining the NFL. I've watched long enough to recognize the transition...and when it began.

This deterioration started the moment he was hired....and his lofty goals on internationalizing the sport and maximizing profits.

He wants to make it a $25 billion annual generator...So he went the "lowest-common-denominator" approach that all corporations do when they get too big. They dehumanize it...and act like everyone in a mindless drone. He invested in "think-tanks'" in order to manipulate people with data..."Oh, people like scoring and name recognizable QBs".

**** him in the eye...

[FAX]

Inevitably, the Reynolds Wrap shortage will eventually hit home and these conspiracy skeptics will find themselves on their bloody knees begging complete strangers for spare tin-foil in an effort to protect the last residual vestiges of their remaining cranial function.

And when that time comes, it's going to be $50.00 per square inch and no discounts.

FAX

[BlackOp]

Originally Posted by FAX

Inevitably, the Reynolds Wrap shortage will eventually hit home and these conspiracy skeptics will find themselves on their bloody knees begging complete strangers for spare tin-foil in an effort to protect the last residual vestiges of their remaining cranial function.

And when that time comes, it's going to be $50.00 per square inch and no discounts.

FAX

Yep..we are ultimately going to be "priced-out" of the truth...and publicly shunned.

But we always knew that truth is free...not "monkey spit free" but still.

"Truth is the new lie"...

[Imon Yourside]

We don't need no stinkin' tin foil! We need Refs That Matter!

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by FAX

Inevitably, the Reynolds Wrap shortage will eventually hit home and these conspiracy skeptics will find themselves on their bloody knees begging complete strangers for spare tin-foil in an effort to protect the last residual vestiges of their remaining cranial function.

And when that time comes, it's going to be $50.00 per square inch and no discounts.

FAX

Mr. FAX...I am disappoint.

[displacedinMN]

Commentary in the MPLS paper. Culture of officiating

Spoiler!

Geez. To hear coach Mike Zimmer and his players talk about the Lions, you’d think Detroit was in first place in the NFC North, not last place.

Of course, in defense of the Vikings’ gushing praise, only the finest of lines separates what could have been a 3-1-1 first-place Lions team and the actual 2-2-1 last-place Lions team the Vikings (4-2) will face at Ford Field on Sunday.

Yes, Detroit settled for five field goals in Monday’s 23-22 loss at Green Bay. But, as the entire football-watching world has discussed with great passion and near-universal consternation the past 48 hours, the officials struggled once again while playing a significant role in the Lions’ loss on Sunday.


There were four questionable calls down the stretch. All went against the Lions. Two went against defensive end Trey Flowers for illegal hands to the face. Both negated third-down stops. The second one, which is the only one the league admitted was a blown call, came with 1 minute, 45 seconds left, the Packers at the Detroit 14-yard line and the Lions out of timeouts.

So, instead of Green Bay kicking a field goal with about 1:40 left and putting the ball back in the hands of comeback artist Matthew Stafford, the Packers ran the clock down and kicked the game-winner as time expired.

Asked Wednesday for his thoughts on the blown call the league already fessed up to, Zimmer, whether he intended to or not, revealed that the NFL has issued essentially a gag order on commenting on the embattled officiating.

Looking over at Bob Hagan, the Vikings’ head of media relations, Zimmer said, “I’m not allowed to comment on officiating. Bob just sent me an e-mail on it.”

Zimmer actually got the same e-mail as his 31 NFL peers.

Asked if he could explain the frustration level that comes with a blown call that the league admits was a blown call, Zimmer paused and said, “The politically correct answer is that throughout time coaches have been frustrated when they’ve gotten bad calls against them or conceived bad calls against them. And I better stop right there.”

Meanwhile, channeling his inner Bill Belichick, Lions coach Matt Patricia was on to Minnesota by the time Twin Cities reporters talked to him via Wednesday’s conference call. To do anything other than talk about the Vikings, he said, would be “disrespectful to them.”

“What’s great about our world is we kind of live in a little bit of a bubble here,” Patricia said when asked for his reaction to the league admitting a blown call. “I just kind of focus on the things that I need to focus on. I didn’t really pay attention to any of that. It won’t have any bearing on the game we just got done with and it’s certainly not going to help us going forward.”

But fans and headline writers have no choice but to keep looking backward as the missed calls pile up week after week while everyone from Tom Brady on down tweet their frustrations about the number of penalties.

“It’s pretty undoubtable that there are a lot of flags right now,” Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins said. “I know from my perspective the last few weeks, when we’ve had an explosive play, I basically stop and look around assuming that it’s coming back because I’ve gotten to a place now where I don’t want to get my hopes up.”

John Parry, former 19-year NFL official and current ESPN NFL rules analyst, was asked Wednesday if the NFL is facing a “crisis” with its officiating. Parry worked the Lions-Packers game for ESPN and disagreed with all four controversial calls that went against the Lions, saying the first illegal-hands-to-the-face penalty on Flowers was no different from the one the league admitted was a blown call.

“I’m not going to describe it as a crisis,” he told the Star Tribune. “The word that I’d like to use at this point is culture. There is an issue with the culture of officiating.”

Among the key problems, he said, are more hires having fewer years of experience, a training staff of two being stretched too thin for 120-some officials, and the league office’s choice in recent weeks not to reverse incorrect calls or no-calls upon review.

“So now every miss is under the microscope,” Parry said. “Every miss is escalated. And, sadly, NFL officiating is a story week in and week out.”

What’s the answer?

Parry said it starts with better recruiting of new officials. Finding good ones with closer to the 13 years of overall experience he had when he was hired in 2000.

“Training does need to improve, which they did address in the new CBA,” Parry said. “The NFL will hire somebody as a vice president of training next year. But you know what? America is looking for answers today. What do we do today?

“For starters, officials have to understand and go into each and every game knowing that if you’re going to interject yourself into the game, make the call be there. Get the big ones right and make them be there.”

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

If you guys think the NFL is rigged why even talk about the state of the Chiefs at all since none of it would affect the ultimate outcome due to said rigging?

I don’t think it’s rigged. I’m just continually more amazed at how inept the officiating has become.

[Rukdafaidas]

I'll never get over the Jeff Triplette forward progress game and his immediate retirement after the game.....Total BS. I think it's even worse/more blatant than the Rams/Saints blown call.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

I don’t think it’s rigged. I’m just continually more amazed at how inept the officiating has become.

It's always been inept. We just have replays and slowmo now.

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by Rukdafaidas

I'll never get over the Jeff Triplette forward progress game and his immediate retirement after the game.....Total BS. I think it's even worse/more blatant than the Rams/Saints blown call.

There was another "forward progress" call in the Houston game. It flared up my PTSD something fierce.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by rabblerouser

Some people just won't allow themselves to see it for what it really is...and you're right about the Kelce non-call - he was GETTING BACK UP as Mahomes threw the ball.

That's PRECISELY what Mahomes was saying to the refs after the play.

The ONLY reason he threw that deep ball - which needed up getting picked off - was because he SAW Kelce go down and threw it because he thought he had a free play. The ball was not in the air.

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

That's PRECISELY what Mahomes was saying to the refs after the play.

The ONLY reason he threw that deep ball - which needed up getting picked off - was because he SAW Kelce go down and threw it because he thought he had a free play. The ball was not in the air.

Right, which is why the entire league seems a farce at this point.

[SuperBowl4]

"You've been bought" - YOUTUBE IT -Marv Levy former Kansas City CHIEFS head Coach -

[SuperBowl4]

Originally Posted by Imon Yourside

Right, which is why the entire league seems a farce at this point.

It's gone WWE