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Originally posted by doogs
JRutledge,
Thanks for taking the time to explain my points of interest. Not sure if I totally agree but I appreciate your clear explanations of your point of view. I am not a official and came to this board for some insight from people who do officiating on a regular basis. If my not being a official makes me unwelcome to this board I will refrain from posting anymore comments. Thanks again.
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Doogs,
I think you're missing the point if you feel you're unwelcome here. I haven't seen you do anything other than ask some questions and while you may not agree with the answers you haven't resorted to the conspiracy theory that some non-officials seem to accuse us of.
If you read this board regularly you'd see that we can be critical of our brothers working in the NFL, while maintaining respect for the work they put in to get there. I've had many conversations with NFL officials and know the kind of scrutiny they're subjected to. I think most fans would be shocked to hear how they're evaluated on every play, good or bad. I think it would do them well if the public were allowed to see the training and evaluation system these guys work under. I don't know of any of us that could survive this type of scrutiny, whether on the field or in our private business.
In short, you have a collection of officials from all over the country with varying backgrounds and experience generally agreeing that the Super Bowl was a well-called game. Sure, there may have been a missed call or 2 but they're not the ones getting all of the attention. After reviewing those plays, with the ability to run the play forwards and back, stop action and slow motion, I've concluded that the correct calls were made. I could only hope to see that same thing during live action and make the correct call.
So please, keep asking your questions. In general, I don't think we mind answering. But do accept the fact that we're not covering for anyone. We're just telling you what we feel the ruling should be based upon our knowledge of the rules and how we're instructed to apply them.