Back Judge reassigned
 

The back judge who was on the Lions-Seahawks game has been reassigned by the NFL and won't be on the Colts-Patriots. Very interesting.

Maybe that's a good thing. Keep the guy out of prime time so he won't have as much pressure on himself.

How do you know he has been reassigned? Is there a story that says this or just something you heard through the grapevine?

Peace

Saw it on ESPN.

Gotcha.

Peace

Here is the story.

NFL reassigns Lions-Seahawks back judge

I believed you, just wondering where that information was coming from. That is certainly interesting.

Peace

ESPN will not be happy until the BJ is taken before a firing squad and disposed off, for making a (sound judgment) call, that they happen to disagree with, because their conclusion would have been far more dramatic and created weeks of much more intense controversy.

As most of us have learned, there is no limit to how far "what if" questions can be stretched, regardless of whether they stay within the confines of reasonable, or relevant.

Well, this story is from NBC, and I just saw it originally on the crawl at the bottom of the screen on ESPN. Wasn't even a commentary.

It was an incorrect call. The NFL has said so. By my scorecard, you are the only one who has said otherwise.

You probably think the "Fail Mary" call was correct, too.

Sic 'em Rich

You might need a much bigger scorecard, Rich, but I understand the league threw their official (who once again) was in ABSOLUTELY PERFECT POSITION to rule on what he observed, and decided (as his responsibility) that a violation did not occur, under the nearest bus. In my humble, and far too often incorrect opinion, Mr. Blandino should be ashamed of himself, for totally abandoning his official, over what is so clearly a judgment call, that depending on perspective can be correct in either direction.

You stick with your scorecard , if you choose. I'm sticking with mine.

I've worked for good and bad bosses. I had one who publicly humiliated me in front of customers for a mistake while doing my job the best I knew how. He was a bad boss. He wasn't my boss for much longer. I didn't take that then, and I won't take it now.

Yeah and they just expanded the overall definition or interpretation for what is a "bat." And now if this happens in the middle of the field, you better call a bat not matter how "obvious" the play becomes.

Also that call was correct. The supervisors at the time said so. The problem is when they speak publicly, they put the people on the field in a bad place when they avoid some wiggle room we used to have.

Peace

fify

Here's what you're not getting...

Yes - it was a judgement call.

But his judgement was SO CLEARLY wrong, in the opinion of his employer, that they have reason to doubt his judgement going forward.

There are many judgement calls in football. But if an official's judgement is so poor that the NFL can't trust his judgement going forward, finding someone with better judgement is their prerogative and their duty. They can't just chalk it up to "Oh well... it's judgement," and ignore it when it's this egregiously incorrect.

Transparency is a good thing....even when we're wrong.

Nothing wrong with transparency, but do not sell the official out while doing this. They knew damn well that this was not the philosophy to call this to that extent. Again, they opened up any contacting with the ball to be judged or over judged as a bat. We know if this was not a nationally televised no one would have advocated for this to be called.

Peace

why is when some people try to prove they're right, they think using a bunch of exaggerations will help their argument. The "JUDGMENT" wasn't "CLEARLY" anything (as evidenced by those who question it.

We live in a world of instant judgments, spare me all your "BETTER JUDGGMENT" with the aid of slow motion hind sight. Do yourself a favor and look up the work "EGREGIOUSLY", in case you ever want to use it again.

At BEST, this was clearly "BORDERLINE", and the Judge (being in the PERFECT position) earned some leeway from a supportive Boss.

This thread should go.....it's turning into a verbal intervention with the in-laws.

Good to see our resident thesaurus staying active anyway.

Then ignore the thread and don't post. I think its a good discussion.