Bag a fumble behind LOS

[With_Two_Flakes]

Let's be honest, a likely scenario (especially with newer guys) is that no matter where it occured, they forget to bag it. I want it to become instinctive for my crew to get a bag onto the spot for any fumble they see.

So I say bag 'em all. The last thing I would want a member of my crew to be doing was thinking "Mmm, where did that occur? Do I need to bag it or not?". Bag it and continue officiating.

At the end of the day you'll end the down by picking up your bag and putting it back in your belt. It won't kill you to pick it up one more time than was strictly necessary, whereas it might leave you with egg on your face if you miss bagging a fumble that needed it.

[Warrenkicker]

Originally Posted by With_Two_Flakes

So I say bag 'em all. The last thing I would want a member of my crew to be doing was thinking "Mmm, where did that occur? Do I need to bag it or not?". Bag it and continue officiating.

Exactly!!!!!

[Suudy]

I just got the notes from our evaluator for last Fri's game. Like other have said, I'm in the habit of bean bagging all fumbles. Of course our evaluator noted that I bagged a fumble behind the LOS, then noted after the game that it isn't necessary.

His argument is that the state evaluators would frown on this and that we would be graded down for state assignments. Of course I understood this, and he noted that in practice, there is no problem bagging fumbles behind the LOS. But those state evaulators....

This makes me wonder if the state evaluators were ever officials.

[BoBo]

I think some state evaluators just nit pick so they dont seem like they have wasted their time at a game. They feel they have to find something to correct that way crews dont think they have officiating mastered.

Just my opinion