[hawkishowl20]

Originally Posted by PSU213

1. You have to be kidding me. I know I have put my hand on my flag when I was going for me bean bag. There have been other times I reached for my flag but decided to pass on the foul (and, yes, I should be more careful about reaching for my flag until I'm certain there was a foul). More importantly though, why were you watching the official "well before the snap" and didn't take your eyes off him until after the snap? I'm not a coach, but I always thought you watched the play on the field (or, before the snap, wanted to make sure that you were in the correct formation, whatever) rather than spending the entire time watching the officials.

2. We don't officiate based on what the bench says (otherwise we would have 30+ holding calls a game and someone else would be compaining about 'over officiating'). How did the official know you were yelling at the 12th man? Besides weren't you spending all your time watching the official? Maybe the yell occured during the count or caused the official to recount, which he did not finish until the snap?

3. Perhaps the official was making sure the other team was going to get out to the field on time. Also, if your team had 12 in a conference inside the inbounds lines, then this would be a 15 yard dead ball penalty on your team.

4. Well, if he tried to pick a fight, then shame on him. This does not make his call wrong...it just makes his on-field behavior reprehensible. Also, considering you are on here trying to pick a fight, I think that takes any 'defense' away from you. If he made what you feel was an error (and, yeah, officials make them), bring it up on here and we will tell you how it should be--even if it means saying the officials was incorrect. However, when you are so quick to start name calling, we aren't going to be shy about expressing our opinion on the call. He was not necessarily wrong, and you are definitely not right. Now, give it up. The call went against you. Spend less time watching the officials and channel your enthusiam toward coaching your team--it sounds like they could use it.

Why do you have to make this about me? maybe looking at the rules would do some good. I'm curious about this situation and considering half are giving one answer and half the opposite (I’m posting on multiple boards) I would say a great deal of confusion exists. Maybe a wise and intelligent official would be able to explain himself using evidence like citations, published situation clarification, or logic. “I do this” is data I look at but don’t lend much weight to. For all I know you have no idea what you are talking about. Stop disrespecting a member of the fraternity