Flow vs. Rules

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Officials do not dictate the "flow" of the game. Players dictated the "flow" of the game.

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Players dictate the flow by the amount of illegal activity they choose to engage in.

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Guess you need to decide whose perspective you are concerned with when discussing officiating and illegal contact.

Originally Posted by Rich

As an official, I hope it's the official's perspective you're concerned with. Otherwise, there are coaching forums all over the place where you may get a response more to your liking.

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Coaches, players, and fans perspectives do not count matter. And if an evaluator would have told me that he was concerned about the flow of the game I would have told him to stop evaluating and become a fan.

I'm not talking about fans, players, or coaches perspectives as most of you assumed. There are different perspectives on officiating and who does what even within our own community! Strange, I know. A HS-only state finals official told me he lets the players play for a few minutes before he steps in to set the bar for what will be allowed in the game. On the other hand a D1 guy told me in his mind his job to set the tone and the flow of the game -- the way he calls the first few minutes outlines how the game will flow.

It's two sides of the same coin. Both are valid reasons. It just depends how you look at it. It would be nice to hear some actual discussion on this topic instead of just being glib and rejecting my premise because you think it's what coaches or players think.