Bucs coach on refs

[badbird]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27950707/buccaneers-coach-bruce-arians-referees-held-accountable%3fplatform=amp

 

 

[Perspective]

The difficulty that I have with the explanation is that, nowadays, most of the time that a runner is tackled straight to the ground (as the Titan player was), the officials never even blow the whistle.   If they had not blown the whistle and simply let the play develop, they could have always gone back and made the determination that the runner was down by contact before the ball came out.  In other words, there really wasn't any need for a (quick) whistle.  But Arians will get fined, the Bucs still take the L, and nothing will happen to the official. 

Official should have come out and said:  "Look, when somebody other than a RB or WR is running the ball, like a QB, a kicker or a holder, we're going to blow a quick whistle because, frankly, most of them are not very big (compared to the defensive players) and very few of them know how to take a hit or protect themselves.  So we try to help protect them.  In this case, we blew the whistle too soon and we apologize to the Bucs players, coaches and fans."  

[badbird]

we don’t have money to pay refs.  We also don’t have resources to critique refs and make them better.  It is a major problem that has probably no solution on the high school level.

most refs do it because they love the sport and make a few extra bucks.  I wish there was a way to pay them more and make them better.  

 

[THIS_IS_DILLARD]

1 hour ago, badbird said:

we don’t have money to pay refs.  We also don’t have resources to critique refs and make them better.  It is a major problem that has probably no solution on the high school level.

most refs do it because they love the sport and make a few extra bucks.  I wish there was a way to pay them more and make them better.  

 

As I mentioned before it’s 2019 play reviews & challenges should have been implemented in HS sports. 

[badbird]

32 minutes ago, THIS_IS_DILLARD said:

As I mentioned before it’s 2019 play reviews & challenges should have been implemented in HS sports. 

$$$$$$ not many could afford it.  High school film sucks

[Jambun82]

I will NOT defend NFL or college football officials. lol

[badbird]

12 minutes ago, Jambun82 said:

I will NOT defend NFL or college football officials. lol

So should they have blown the whistle lol?  

[Jambun82]

Badbird I repeat. I WILL NOT DEFEND NFL OR COLLEGE FOOTBALL OFFICIALS. LOL

[gatorman-uf]

I think the referees should become jerks and literally call a penalty on every play (as we all know there is one) to the point that coaches/players/fans realize that they can't call everything because if they did it would be 6 hour long games. 

I think replay has spoiled us as fans. Force replay to be done in at normal speed, no slo-motions, and only for obvious calls. If you have to zoom in, then no go. If you have to take the play at half speed, no go. All of these NFL fans rave about the players in the 1970s and 1980s, but they fail to realize there was very limited replay available back then. And while they love the referees back then because the referees didn't get wrong, the refs still got it wrong, there just was 10K replays of it. 

I think if they are getting it right more than they aren't. At the high school level, I have obvious blocks in the back that led to a large punt return and the fans will still book the call. Why? Your player obviously did it.