Having a discussion on my crew about umpire position on punts. My umpire is considering "moving" from behind the R line to the LJ sideline during punts. That would allow us to put both BJ & LJ deep for punts, have U & HL on the line, and me WH with the punter. Almost like our free kick set with the WH flipped over.
Anyway: he is clasiming that by not being behind the R line, he will not miss anything. He will be able to see any hold, false start, or anything else. (a lot of the little stuff is not called anyways). He says that he is mostly trying to dodge players on their way down, then get out of the balls path on the eay back.
Our lineup would allow us to have 2 officials at both the spot of the catch, and 1st blocking wave, then have 2 officials at a point where a 2nd wave of blockers would be. This woudl leave the WH deep for long / break away returns.
I am wondering what your thoughts are about this type of positioning.
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