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This Time Around, Ed's Not Quite So Gracious About It
You probably wouldn't be, either, by this point.
A fan wrote to Ed Hochuli to complain about some of the calls in last night's Saints/Vikings game, including a face mask that wasn't called (but a photo of which the Saints displayed prominently on their website for a bit today).
Hochuli's response:
"You are certainly free to have your opinions, but if you were a knowledgeable fan, you would understand that there are 7 officials out there, and you would not attribute all errors to the Referee. The face mask, for example, is no where near anything I'm looking at or supposed to be looking at when it happened.
It's popular right now to pile on Hochuli, because I blew the San Diego call. And there is certainly no requirement that anyone have any real knowledge of officiating in order to have an opinion. Fortunately, the NFL and my boss don't agree with you. You are free to have your own opinions, and since you took the time to write me, I figured I owed you the time to respond."
More on this.
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"And I'm not just some fan, I've refereed football and basketball in addition to all the baseball I've umpired. I've never made a call that horrible in my life in any sport."---Greatest. Official. Ever.
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