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Originally Posted by HLin NC
Topic 1- Coaches calling time-out. HC or player is supposed to be the only one to call a TO. However, the NFL has a policy of last second request which concedes that an official can not look to see who is calling a TO at the last moment before a snap and therefore lets anyone on the sideline ask an official for a TO. He did state this rule may need "tweaking".
This theory is the exact opposite of what we are taught as Fed officials, which is when the snap is imminent, we are NOT to look away to discern who is calling a timeout or kill it.
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Situational officiating here, too - by the end of the game, if you're a wing, you (hopefully) can recognize the head coach's voice, but I will usually say "Coach, I'm going to be listening for you and you only if you want to call a time out here (or soon)." Knowing the game and knowing when a time out is likely or can possibly come can help you prepare for this. Of course, we don't have to deal with trying to pick out one voice with 70,000 other people screaming at the same time - but when I'm a wing, I'll often try to make sure I know where the head coach is (often he'll be near me anyway depending on where the LOS is) so that if I hear a time out call coming from the other direction, I know it wasn't him who called it and I'll ignore it.
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He did state that the officials are instructed that they need to be professional and try to walk away from these things but at some point IT IS DIFFICULT.
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Boy, howdy.
One reason I loved loved LOVED moving to back judge this past season.
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Originally Posted by Warrenkicker
As for why Scott was not ejected and why the NFL doesn't have automatic ejection criteria, I think it is because of the limited team size. The NFL ejects players for fighting but for just talking back there was no harm to the other team. Fighting means you get to sit and get a fine. Talking back may get you a fine but doesn't also cost your team one of its limited number of players.
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"Limited number of players?" Some NFL teams have or have had guys
whose only job is to kick off. To paraphrase Robin Williams, that's God's way of letting you know you have too many roster spots.
(Grumpy old man) Anybody remember "40 for 60?" with Joe Kapp and company?(/Grumpy old man)
My, how times have changed.