I will take a beating...

[JustMy2Cents]

Mr. Boselli,

You are certainly entitled to your opinion, which I respect.

However, I don't think that I was clear on what I was saying as witness from posts including and in addition to yours.

My assertion that officials don't get fired is related to the impact on the individual more so than the actual firing -- you are fired from officiating, but it really isn't going to impact how well you are able to care for your family. Therefore, if an official is fired, while he might not like it, he still has his "real" job that allows him to provide for his family. The fired official will go back to being a doctor, lawyer, or business man on Monday.

Coaches (college coaches specifically) don't have this luxury. If we get fired, the gravy train stops. I do agree with you that rarely (if ever) does one call make the difference, but it can significantly impact our earning power.

I will give you one "for instance" and then I will shut up. I don't think this has ever happened, but it certainly could happen. Let's use the overtime DPI in last year's National Champ Game.

For the sake of argument, let's just all agree that upon further review, it was NOT DPI (regardless of how you felt about the particular play in question). Now further suppose that play had occurred at the Div-II level. D-II National Championship game, one team is awarded the win and the other a loss because this particular call (remember, for the sake of argument, we all agree it was a bad call, whether it was in your opinion or not is irrelevant for this argument). Now, the winning coach at the D-II level has a NC on his resume and the other doesn't. As a result, that is the deciding factor in how the applications commmittee for a D-IAA or small D-IA school decides who gets the job. The loser of the game, as the result of the bad call, his resume doesn't stand out. While the winner, as the result of the bad call, gets the job, which is probably at least double the pay he was earning at the D-II school. In case you are wondering, yes, this is a large portion of what is used to decide who gets the higher paying job -- as unfortunate as it may be.

Not exactly what I described in my previous post, but similar enough that I feel it is relevant. So, yes, the financial implications of a bad call for the coach are far more significant that the financial implications of a bad call for an official.