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Old Sat Dec 06, 2008, 03:51pm
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Is Ed Hoculi still the best?
I think so, he made a few mistakes this year but if I was in a big game he is my referee!
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Old Sat Dec 06, 2008, 07:37pm
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I still think he is the beat.... then a very close 2nd is Mike Carey
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Old Sat Dec 06, 2008, 11:26pm
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The NFL is in a very good point right now - there are lots of quality Referees. Steratore is good. Riveron is good. Hochuli and Carey as mentioned. Carollo is good. I like Winter myself. Leavy and Morelli do a fine job. There's no Tom White type anymore.
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Old Sun Dec 07, 2008, 02:54pm
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Corollo is up there with the others mentioned. I think some situations lend themselves to making officials look bad, i.e., no-win situations. I think the NFL has a lot of very good officials.
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Old Sun Dec 07, 2008, 03:12pm
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If Hoculi was ever the "best" it was not for a very long time. Not to say that Hoculi is a bad official, but there are a lot of very good Referees if you ask me. And if you look at the ratings, I do not think Hoculi is consistently the top guy at all. I know he has not received a lot of playoff assignments recently compared to other Referees.

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Old Sun Dec 07, 2008, 03:40pm
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I agree that right now the NFL might be at one of the high points ever at the referee position. I see a huge crop of great referees, with Hochuli and Carey leading the way. Riveron and Boger are a couple of really good "newer" guys!
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If Hoculi was ever the "best" it was not for a very long time. Not to say that Hoculi is a bad official, but there are a lot of very good Referees if you ask me. And if you look at the ratings, I do not think Hoculi is consistently the top guy at all. I know he has not received a lot of playoff assignments recently compared to other Referees.

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What makes Hoch great is his overall contribution to the Referee spot at the NFL level. When you look back in history, 85 will be atop or near the top of the elite NFL officials. If it was such that Ed was the top every year, and everyone was playing for silver, then it'd be rather boring. Ed has received many playoff assignments, and is known to contribute to the league outside the normal expectations.

That's why he is the best.
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Old Fri Dec 12, 2008, 12:33pm
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I still think he is the beat.... then a very close 2nd is Mike Carey
I second that!
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