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[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

5) My opinion of SDS' posts (since that's what seemed to precipitate this latest discussion) on Ed H (as I recall them -- but my memory isn't what they used to be): The were pure "fan-boyish" (I recall the trite "he cost us the game" BS) and didn't help anyone become a better official, especially on a baseball forum (I'm led to believe that there were posts on the football forum, but I didn't read any of those). I don't recall them being too personal, though.

I said that he cost the Chargers the game, not "us." I don't play for the Chargers. Also, this was on the football board (not the baseball board), and the posts followed many others who felt that the call was wrong. I guess because I do follow the Chargers, and I'm from San Diego, and another Charger fan was getting shellacked at the same time, that my comments came off as "fanboyish." Well, on Sunday's, my officials hat comes off (seeing as though I am retired), and my Lightning Bolts get strapped on. My comments were made in the heat of the moment, while still seething from the events of the game.

I had all but forgotten the whole thing, when some lame poster decided it was a good idea to remind me about my little tirade weeks later on the baseball board. He felt it necessary to rehash the whole thing, and I merely stood up for my post and defended my actions. The subject of Ed H. would never have made it to the baseball side of the forum except for this individual's insistence on dragging out the already dead horse and beating on it some more.

It is true that his call did cost them the game, as without the call the
Chargers would have simply ran out the clock, but I never insulted Ed H. on a personal level. I did not impune his integrity, malign him or his family, call him any names, talk about his mama, etc. I did not accuse him of intentionally blowing the call. I merely expressed myself about the call being quite horrible, which is undeniable.

Nothing at all like the beating I take quite often from certain individuals on this forum.