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Originally posted by WhatWuzThatBlue
'Getting the call right' is about making sure that the call that should be made gets made.
Bob Davidson who was charged with making the call and is desgignated as crew chief, saw it much differently. He was convinced that the player gained an unfair advantage and when asked, went to his partners and informed them of what he saw, then he penalized it. As proferred before, in real time this play was much more difficult.
As for replay, I've mentioned it before and I'll reiterate; it is a necesary evil of the future.
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There's the problem right there though, imo. The call that should have been made didn't get made. Davidson properly (I guess) interjected himself into the play, but he still
didn't get the play
right. Now, I certainly can't really knock Davidson for that either. Bottom line, it's a judgement call- and there ain't an official in the world in any sport that can truthfully say that they've never been wrong on a judgement call. Now, after Davidson kicked the call though, should Knight have come to him and said "Who there, Big Guy, I'm sure that he didn't leave early"? And, if he did, where do you go from there? As I said, can you end up getting this call "right" now without using replay? Or do you simply end up going with the person who (shoulda) made the original call- Davidson- and get the call wrong?