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Originally posted by shave-tail
I've read Mr. Rich Fronheiser's post that "there's more than just getting it right". What the hell else is there? I have never ever thought another official was "showing" me up or disrespecting me if they threw a flag in my "area". I understand and I'm confident in my abilities that my partners are not psychic and can't possible know what I'm thinking or what action has caught my eye. I stand by my earlier post "if you see it, throw it". I don't want Mr. Fronheiser to think I'm singling him out...he has many, many posts and is no doubt a very good offical I just can't agree with that statement.
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If you are 100% sure of the call and it fits into the safety, point of attack, unfair advantage or stadium call categories, then you have to throw it.
If you are anything less sure than 100%, then you have to rely on the covering offical to make that call.
You should be officiating your area, I don't see how an umpire can throw a pass interference flag 25 yards down field. Why was he looking there? Is he 100% certain the foul occurred? How can he be 100% certain a foul occurred if it was obvious from 25 yards away but two or more down field officials covering the action didn't see it that way. Same with encroachment on the far side of the line. I might look at my opposite wing and point to the player. After the play, I will hustle to midfield or the far hash, ask the R for a second and talk to the other wing about it, but I don't ever see myself throwing it except in our three man games. When the other official reported that his flag fell down so he could not throw a flag, where was his whistle? He could have blown his whistle, run into the R, reported encroachment but that his flag has slipped down his pants. The R could have then dropped a flag, or taken a moment to explain to both coaches. While everyones focus was on the R, the wing could have discreetly recovered his flag. Loosing it down your pants does not mean fouls don't occur. If he only has one flag, what does he do if he has a foul at the snap and then DPI later in the play? Being a wing is the most commen place to have two flags, because you can have illegal shift, motion, formation or substitution at the snap and then have to continue officiating the play. Most of the stuff an R or U calls keeps the ball dead, false starts and snap infractions, but ours all carry two anyway.
I also agree with Ron to a degree, getting the call right does not mean dropping a flag for every foul that occurs, I have listed my criteria for dropping a flag previously. Getting it right means just that, a justifiable call enforced correctly.
[Edited by BulldogMcC on Oct 21st, 2005 at 02:42 AM]