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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
I don't think the problem is so much with changing a call. Obviously, this is one that you want to SELL, but you want to get it right in the end.
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Yes, we want to get it right in the end. That's why we have IR. Sure the HL should sell the call. (Did he?)
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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
If Weis's quote is accurate, then I think the bigger problem is how the R explained this - that the official "changed his mind." That makes it sound like the forward/backward fumble is an arbitrary decision and the HL is pulling it from his a**.
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Which Weis quote are you talking about? I think you might mean the
claim Weis made about the R's comments of the HL changing his mind.
Granted the R should have used different language, such as "re-evaluated what happened," "accepted definite knowledge from other officials," etc... but I'm not sure about the fumble's direction decision being arbitrary. I think at the time the HL made the call he thought was right at the time.
I don't think the HL pulled the call from his a$$. I think he was unprepared for the situation. He did not rise to being a great official.