Question for you

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by parepat

This is a bunch of hooey. Official screwed up if he told the kids that. No way around it. Time to call a spade a spade.

You can call it what you want. You can say the officials screwed up. But why has it never happen to me or any other official I have ever worked with or known? Must be some reason and the coaches must be telling them something. You do not have to agree with it, but in the custom I am under, it is expected. The coaches purposely tell us they are taking a knee so their opponent can be informed. In my world this play would have never gotten this far, the play would have been killed by all accounts when he faked going down.

Peace

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

. In my world this play would have never gotten this far, the play would have been killed by all accounts when he faked going down.

Peace

Jeff, that is what I was asking in the first place. Since the officials told us not to hit him, shouldn't they have killed it right away? You answered the question for me.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Jeff, that is what I was asking in the first place. Since the officials told us not to hit him, shouldn't they have killed it right away? You answered the question for me.

I think they should have if they were going to say anything. I could live with this, but again that might not be the custom where you live. And that is probably the problem. You know as an official there are things we do that everyone in an area is aware of and no one says a word. This sounds like there was a standard expected by the crew that you as a coach knew nothing about.

Peace

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I think they should have if they were going to say anything. I could live with this, but again that might not be the custom where you live. And that is probably the problem. You know as an official there are things we do that everyone in an area is aware of and no one says a word. This sounds like there was a standard expected by the crew that you as a coach knew nothing about.

Peace

True...and let's face it, this is probably a "once-in-a-career" type moment. Seriously, how many times does this actually happen in HS games? Sometimes things are so rare that they just catch you by surprise. That's what happened to everyone involved in this game - well, except for the coach and the QB who called it and ran it.