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Old Tue Oct 21, 2008, 07:21am
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I've got one from this year that is probably my most upsetting yet (9 years and counting).

I ran into a coach when covering a punt and threw my flag (15 yards).
After we set up, he calls the R over (who brings me). Coach agrees that the flag is valid (he was about 2 yards on the field when we collided), but said that I attacked him (by putting my arm up for a 'forearm shiver' when he came into my periferal view) and that if I ever touched him again there would be hell to pay and I would be sorry because no one would hold him back.

The R - who has reffed all levels in Germany, has officiated numerous championship games and is a top European official (I'm not sure but he might have also been invloved in the NFL Europe) - not only does not warn or punish the coach for an obvious threat, but doesn't even take off a timeout for the 'coaches conference' to complain about a legitimate flag.

What upsets me is that he didn't take the threat to me serious.

As a side comment, that was a youth game. The coach was a player on his men's team who played right after, and I was U - right in the middle of the action. He didn't step out of line on the field, but I was a little jumpy during plays when I knew he was there.
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Old Tue Oct 21, 2008, 01:17pm
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I've got one from this year that is probably my most upsetting yet (9 years and counting).

I ran into a coach when covering a punt and threw my flag (15 yards).
After we set up, he calls the R over (who brings me). Coach agrees that the flag is valid (he was about 2 yards on the field when we collided), but said that I attacked him (by putting my arm up for a 'forearm shiver' when he came into my periferal view) and that if I ever touched him again there would be hell to pay and I would be sorry because no one would hold him back.

The R - who has reffed all levels in Germany, has officiated numerous championship games and is a top European official (I'm not sure but he might have also been invloved in the NFL Europe) - not only does not warn or punish the coach for an obvious threat, but doesn't even take off a timeout for the 'coaches conference' to complain about a legitimate flag.

What upsets me is that he didn't take the threat to me serious.

As a side comment, that was a youth game. The coach was a player on his men's team who played right after, and I was U - right in the middle of the action. He didn't step out of line on the field, but I was a little jumpy during plays when I knew he was there.
You were also standing there and heard the threat, yet did nothing. Perhaps the R was giving you a chance to show you could handle the situation.
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