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Originally Posted by REFANDUMP
I agree that it was not a blown call, but a judgement call which you could make a case for either way. In this situation, I would have no problem calling the "T". In my judgement, the "T" is best called by the official who the coach is on, but I understand (as Cameron stated well) that protocol may be different in different areas of the country. My point (that I still stand by) is that we need to be able to take more heat when we know we kick a call, than when we know we are correct. I agree that this doesn't give coaches an open invitation to abuse us with no consequences, but I also think our tolerance level should be much higher in these situations. I think to expect a coach to sit there and take it when we both know we screwed them (not intentionally, I know) is an unrealistic expectation.
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I generally don't know if a call that a coach is questioning is right or wrong until I see the video. Most of them seem right until later.
Coaches can question a call without venting. I have seen many coaches learn how to do so after being "taught" what is not right by officials who expect respect.
I wonder if we can use your point to criticize play calls by coaches. "Hey coach, that was a jackass play call. What the hell were you thinking?" I'm sure he won't report us to our assigner if we are right and the play call was actually stupid. We should be able to vent if he makes a mistake.
