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Originally Posted by waltjp
Glad you asked. In another post somewhere is was noted that some idiot referee decided that because the scoreboard clock showed 0.8 seconds remaining there wasn't enough time for a team to legally snap the ball and he declared the game over.
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I've been doing this thing called officiating long enough to have realized that this could be a problem. IMHO, things like this (which aren't an issue in Cdn ball - we have our own issues) are some of what separates a good official from a great official.
When we start, our first goal is to become consistent within ourselves. The next steps are becoming consistent within the groups that we're associated with as our careers develop: the local association, other local associations - possibly for state playoffs.
A truly great WH will know all these "little things" and conduct the game in that manner. A good WH will likely have no problems until little quirks like this come up. How often does less than a second remain in the 4th quarter with the clock stopped?
I think this is one reason that Matt Hasselbach (sp?) said of Ed Hochuli: "I'm glad someone out there knows the rules".
Sadly, the "idiot referee" might have been new to the Referee position, and his exposure to these "little things" is minimal. (I've trained about 3 new white hats this season. They've all done well, but it has been little things that they need to work on.)