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[QUOTE=MIcoach]the official was throwing the flag.
the official waited to long to throw the flag, IMO, Where in the rule book or the manual do you see anything where the official has to throw his flag immediately? There is no reason we have to throw a flag until we are sure of what we have. The term late flag by the "talking heads" on TV every week leads people to believe that an official is unsure of what he is doing rather than taking the time to process what he sees and making the correct call. Of course we want to make calls in a timely fashion, however I don't think is is fair to say he waited to long to call a foul. |
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I have been hampered lately by this logic when I waited to throw the flag on a play because I was literally replaying it in my head. I dropped the flag and everyone lost their mind. After this I was advised that I can't make a call more than a second after it's happen. That I should see most calls coming and rule immediately. Well that was about a month or so ago and in that time I'd say I've had 3 of the worst games I've ever done. Much, much worse than even my first JV game. Why? Cause I've called almost nothing and the couple I have called I seriously can not verify in my mind that they happen cause I was anticipating. Basically I got myself all screwed up. So now it's back to how I used to do it. See it, replay it if it's "funny looking" and then rule. Yeah I'll get a couple of those "hey you only ruled after you saw us intercept, your cheating" type of arguments but I'll be able to go home knowing I've done my job as well as I could. Oh, sorry...didn't mean to hijack the thread....back to the original thread. I don't see any faceguarding either which by the title of the thread is what was called here. If they are calling something that happen earlier in the play then obviously we can't see it but it's definately not a faceguard. |
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not being a football official, i do not know if there is a time in which you are supposed to throw a flag. but to me, the time that was waited before pulling the flag was to long. i understand you have to replay everything in your mind, but how long is to long? to me, if you see a foul, there really is no replaying it in your mind, it is a foul and the flag should be thrown. if you are not sure if there is a foul then, yes think it through, but it shouldnt take as long as it took that official to throw the flag. again, this is just my opinion as a coach/spectator/parent. maybe next year if i sign up to become an official i will have a different opinion of this, but this is my opinion right now. |
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In your opinion you make it very simple, there is a foul, see it, throw the flag. If all officials followed this I could only imagine the coach on the sideline screaming when countless flags are picked up and waived off because it was thrown before the official processed what happened. Bottom line is Coachs/Spectators/Parents do not know the rule, don't take time to know the rule and have little, if any understanding of what officials do on the field. I was the same way until I started officiating. It only took a short time for me to gain a new respect for official once I learned what happens on a football field. |
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Regarding whether the flag is warranted, well, as others have said, what happened prior to those 3 coming into the picture? |
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I agree, the covering official has to read the play then react to it. If it takes a couple seconds, so be it.
It sure looks to me that the interception was completed prior to the second defender doing anything that remotely looks like DPI. |
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You can't see all of the contact but it looks like it was initiated by the receiver who was trying to react to an underthrown ball. I agree, no foul.
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