knowing the rules

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by RookieDude
Don't go into the locker room to embarass the officials that did the game. If you have a question about a call, keep it to yourself unless they ask you how you saw it. Then maybe say you saw it a little differently "up" where you were at.

If you have a question regarding a rule, you might ask them about the situation. If you disagree, politely say that you thought it was such and such

Maybe I didn't read the original post closely enough, Rook, but it sounded to me like JAR handled it just the way you say to do it. He wasn't trying to embarass them, but he knew that they'd gotten it wrong. He asked about the situation, and received a very wrong explanation. The only thing he did differently from your post was that he gave the correct ruling, instead of saying, "Hmmmm. I didn't realize that. I'll have to look it up when I get home." I will agree with you and say that he could've simply planted the seed that way and then followed up with a phone call later. But it seems to me that JAR did not try to embarass anybody, asked a legitimate question, and got an obviously wrong answer.

Chuck, I don't know about you...but there have been times in my career that I have missed a call.

Hmmmm. Let me think back. . . Missed a call. . . missed a call? Nope, I'm not sure what you mean by that. Of course, I've missed a call!

The last thing I want in the locker room after the game is some fresh faced new guy telling me how I blew it. We can talk about it sure...but to come in telling me "you are wrong" isn't politically correct around these parts.

I agree with you, but again, it doesn't sound to me like that's what happened.