Know Your Role, and Shut Your Mouth.....

[HLin NC]

And as an aside, I'm VERY tired of seeing ball-carriers crossing the goal line near the pylon with the official still 5 yards behind.

And that makes no sense as unless they came from Arena League, they should be coming from 7 man mechanics anyway????? Unless they were moved from wing to deep in the process of hiring.

[CT1]

Originally Posted by maven

The word you're groping for is 'cardigan', and many of them zipped.

You're so right, Carl. But they stilll weren't pullovers.

[maven]

Originally Posted by CT1

You're so right, Carl. But they stilll weren't pullovers.

I'm not Papa C, but I'll take it as a compliment.

[InsideTheStripe]

Originally Posted by JasonTX

You are probably onto something. What a lot of people don't realize is that if you go back and look at last years games, even the regular officials received a lot of negative treatment. Everyone thinks the officials are "cheating" regardless of who is out there. The media is always trying to created controversy. Controversial situations bring higher ratings.

People are always going to complain...

However, the 'regular' refs managed to get a game completed within 3.0 to 3.5 hours of kickoff. The biggest beef (I'm willing to publicly air) with the replacement officials is they are turning a compact, perfectly choreographed telecast into a baseball game.

I don't have 4 hours to devote to a game I'm not working.

Nor do most people...

[CT1]

Originally Posted by maven

I'm not Papa C, but I'll take it as a compliment.

That was actually an obscure reference to Carl Stephens, long-time Auburn PA announcer and host of Shug Jordan's TV & radio shows. Carl passed away in August.

[parepat]

We'll see if the NFL backs up its threat w Bill Belicheck. The League's most prominent coach lays his hands on an official (a la Joe Paterno a few years back). I bet they do nothing.

[maven]

Originally Posted by parepat

We'll see if the NFL backs up its threat w Bill Belicheck. The League's most prominent coach lays his hands on an official (a la Joe Paterno a few years back). I bet they do nothing.

They can't do nothing: the league has painted themselves into a corner. They've bet the farm that nobody will care about the replacement refs, that they can make the sausage from roadkill and the fans will keep eating it. They have to shut up the factory workers to keep up the pretense.

Were I Belichick, I'd tell the league to stick it in their ear, and I wouldn't pay. If they want to try to fire me over the action, let 'em.