Responding to sideline / bleacher chatter

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by stegenref

I guess what I hated was that I wasn't able to come to my own conclusion before my thought process was interupted.

Aw, poor baby. That'd be a great excuse for the players too, huh? "I thought I had an open receiver until someone in the audience yelled, `Throw it!'"

[InsideTheStripe]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Aw, poor baby. That'd be a great excuse for the players too, huh? "I thought I had an open receiver until someone in the audience yelled, `Throw it!'"

Wow. We don't normally see this level of snark from Robert.


stegenref -

I have the feeling that you still struggle with the rules. As your understanding of the application of the rules improves, I bet your observation to decision time will decrease. Until then... ignore the peanut gallery.

[parepat]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Aw, poor baby. That'd be a great excuse for the players too, huh? "I thought I had an open receiver until someone in the audience yelled, `Throw it!'"

Haven't we all spotted a foul and reached for our flag. In the meantime that coach that has been giving us grief all game points it out. You throw it, but on the inside you think. "great, now he thinks that I'm taking pointers from him" Has happened to me many times.

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by parepat

Haven't we all spotted a foul and reached for our flag. In the meantime that coach that has been giving us grief all game points it out. You throw it, but on the inside you think. "great, now he thinks that I'm taking pointers from him" Has happened to me many times.

The best part is when he calls it out and you throw the flag but you are actually calling a foul against his team

Originally Posted by LDUB

The best part is when he calls it out and you throw the flag but you are actually calling a foul against his team

Did that once. Had a coach screaming for a personal foul for what looked like a late hit. From my vantage point, it wasn't. Coach was running out of the team area screaming. I threw the flag for USC. Coach said "Finally!" He went to attend to his player who had been injured on the play. When he turned his attention back to the field, he noticed his offense had lost yardage. He asked my white hat why. The explanation led to coach going ballastic and getting his 2nd USC and the trip off the field.

[RMR]

Originally Posted by LDUB

The best part is when he calls it out and you throw the flag but you are actually calling a foul against his team

Along those same lines, how many times have you dropped a flag and the coach raises all kinds of hell complaining about it and the foul you have is against the opponent?

Similar situation this past Friday:

Our R gives a preliminary signal for intentional grounding and the defensive coach is screaming and hollering that there is "no way in hell..."

Oooops, learn the signals coach, I know they're similar but someone who does this for a living should be able to distinguish between roughing the passer and intentional grounding.

Originally Posted by RMR

Along those same lines, how many times have you dropped a flag and the coach raises all kinds of hell complaining about it and the foul you have is against the opponent?

Similar situation this past Friday:

Our R gives a preliminary signal for intentional grounding and the defensive coach is screaming and hollering that there is "no way in hell..."

Oooops, learn the signals coach, I know they're similar but someone who does this for a living should be able to distinguish between roughing the passer and intentional grounding.

I would say this defensive coach apparently needs an eye exam!

[stegenref]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Aw, poor baby. That'd be a great excuse for the players too, huh? "I thought I had an open receiver until someone in the audience yelled, `Throw it!'"

Hmmm....