Messy situation, rule mistake

[KenThree]

Zebraman,
You did the right thing at the moment. Doing the "right thing at the moment" and the "right thing" are often different with time and hindsight. I think as officials we all try to do the "right thing at the moment" and have chat forums like this to make sure we did the "right thing".

In a much more serious but proper analogy, the air marshall wishes he hadn't shot the mentally ill guy last week in Miami, but did what he had to do at the time based on the situation and knowledge he had.

The Saturday Morning Quarterbacks will tell you that you didn't follow the rules, but you moved forward. Nobody is going to be honest and tell you that they would have stood against a partner in that situation.

The actions, as suggested by others in this thread, after the game are the "right thing" to do now.

KenThree