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Old Thu Oct 21, 2004, 07:28pm
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Originally posted by SouthGARef
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Originally posted by Jim S
"Really? When did they change that rule?" ("1971 coach" or, in a lot of cases, "Before you were born coach")

Any of these sound familiar?
I hate those guys. Being under 21 (I'm a youngin--second year official) I get a lot of flack from the coaches. But I don't have rules stuck from the 1970s like a lot of officials do.

We had an ineligble receiver downfield a few weeks ago, and when we replayed the down the defensive coach (my sideline) went nuts saying it was a loss of down. I mean, he was CERTAIN it was loss of down. He said he wanted to protest, and when I told them that the GHSA doesn't recognize protests he said he wanted to talk to the white hat.

Evidently, back before I was born IRD was a loss of down and the coach just had a flashback.
I know officials who still think R needs to have 5 players by their restraining line on kickoffs (and to this point, I have always seen them realize their error before the play).

I would like to see the previous week's game just once, because the rulebook didn't seem to matter in that game.
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