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Originally posted by Dale Smith

"Maybe Ohio should trust their officials more than they do."


It is not a matter of trust. It is a matter of getting it right. Several years ago in a state final game a referee enforced a penalty wrong. The coach asked for a conference to review the enforcement. To make a long story short the rule book was not consulted because none was available. The crew got it wrong. The penalized team lost the game. When the coach found out the he was correct, he complained to the OHSAA and blamed the lose on that wrong enforcement.
This was some thing that could have been prevented just by having the rule book available.

WOW. You mean the wrong enforcement of 1 penalty wiped out an otherwise perfect game for a team????? They did not loose any yardage? No incompletes? No turnovers? NO missed tackles or assignments? I would have loved to see that perfect game, except for the officals mistake. Sorry to that coach@!
I am a coach for basketball. We have lost close games on calls/no calls. Buit I do remember to tell my players that it did not loose the game for us. We had (as mentioned above but for BB). Can not hang a lose on a official. The call/nocall/enforcement might be big, but the game should not have been in a postion for that to matter. Just my take as a coach/official! My crew will NEVER carry a rule book to the field. I may use it at 1/2 time or end of game to make sure I did something correct or not. BUT NEVER DURING A GAME ON THE FIELD.