Anyone see tonights segment on the NFL network with Carey miced up for the spitting incident? He handled it beautifully, calm, cool, and collected. The HL appeared to have flagged the Tampa guy for the retaliation blow but Carey said he wasnt going to penalize him for retaliation. Some of the Redskins player asked him why the Tampa player didnt get penalized and he told them, What would you do if someone spit in your face? The quickly got the point. Mike Pereira said that he felt Carey and the rest of his crew did an excellent job handling the situation.
The thing I find curious is Carey went on to explain the entire incident via the stadium mic but that wasnt carried by ESPN. With Theisman and the other booth guys going nuts, its no wonder we didnt get the explanation. Carey described the incident, mentioned the spitting, and also told why there was only one foul on the play. It was perfect!!!! Too bad the general public didnt get to see it!
[Edited by grantsrc on Jan 12th, 2006 at 07:21 AM]
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