Block/Charge - Beating a Dead Horse

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Did I say anything remotely close to that?

Not necessarily, but people use "defaults" so that they can be decisive.

I have said before, that if I have to slow down a video to see if an official got a play right, then I can go with the official's call. Sometimes these plays are so close, I do not have an issue with someone that has a "default" to make a call. And I certainly do not equate it to what some say about, "If we have that call on this end, let us have that same call on the other end." That is crazy because you are not even considering how different the play is you just called. But a personal default might be what you do in a very close situation. I have found that not many plays are that close. It is more of a myth that the block-charge call is the hardest to call in the game when you referee the defense of course.

Peace