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Originally posted by rockyroad
If that's the Fed interp, then yep - our State actually wants it called differently...in all honesty, can you say that when an offensive player steam-rolls a defender you're gonna blow the whistle, stop, and try to see where the defenders foot was before they got sent three rows into the bleachers, and then call a block when, and if, you can determine that the defenders left heel was 0.2 centimeters on the line??? Like they said at our NCAA mtg (sorry to bring NCAA crap to a Fed. fight) "all contact is not a foul, but all contact IS a decision"...I think WA wants us to make a good decision on those "barely touching the line" cases...
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Rock, is this where I give you one of those phony "I feel your pain" speeches, or do I save that for when the Mariners head for spring training?
I know exactly where you're coming from on this. I'm not very fond of this particular call either. But if I see a defender with a foot on the line when a trainwreck occurs, I'm gonna call a block. Why? Because it's the rule, and that's what we're supposed to do- follow the rules. Whether we like those rules or not. I'll just take the Kool-Aid and give the "block" signal. This isn't like a 3-seconds call, where we can ignore it if there's no real advantage there. If we get a trainwreck, we gotta call something- and if we are gonna call something, we might as well make the right call imo.