SC vs Mich

[Rich]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Again you are focused on the final decision and I am saying what actually happened.

Peace

How the hell do you know? Were you there?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Rich

How the hell do you know? Were you there?

It is called a hypothesis. But we do that here all the time, just like there are people saying what the rule is and what they do on their crew is just the same as what I am doing. Unless we talk to the crew and see what their process is and was on this play, pure speculation as to who had the "final say" or what was communicated. I really do not know why this is a big deal. I think the crew communicated with each other and you don't. OK, now what?

Also for the record my crew measures a lot in HS games. We measure 4 or 5 times every game even on well marked turf. And there is a lot of crew dialog before we put the ball down and after we put the ball down with the stick. I just will not be convinced by anyone here that they did not do some communicating and with the Referee not taking a personal look tells me that was the case. Do I know for sure? Nope, but again my take on the situation.

Peace

[CT1]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I just will not be convinced by anyone here that they did not do some communicating and with the Referee not taking a personal look tells me that was the case. Do I know for sure? Nope, but again my take on the situation

OK, let's assume for the sake of argument that is what happened.

This was a crucial 4th-down call in a one-point game. A "big call", if you will. Why in heaven's name would the R not take the extra five seconds to walk around and get the 90-degree look he needed to get the call right?

I would like to have been the proverbial "fly on the wall" in the crew dressing room after the game.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by CT1

OK, let's assume for the sake of argument that is what happened.

This was a crucial 4th-down call in a one-point game. A "big call", if you will. Why in heaven's name would the R not take the extra five seconds to walk around and get the 90-degree look he needed to get the call right?

I would like to have been the proverbial "fly on the wall" in the crew dressing room after the game.

Again you would have to ask him and the crew. I am sure the supervisor has some opinions and I am sure something was shared to explain the process.

Peace

[Rich]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

It is called a hypothesis. But we do that here all the time, just like there are people saying what the rule is and what they do on their crew is just the same as what I am doing. Unless we talk to the crew and see what their process is and was on this play, pure speculation as to who had the "final say" or what was communicated. I really do not know why this is a big deal. I think the crew communicated with each other and you don't. OK, now what?

Also for the record my crew measures a lot in HS games. We measure 4 or 5 times every game even on well marked turf. And there is a lot of crew dialog before we put the ball down and after we put the ball down with the stick. I just will not be convinced by anyone here that they did not do some communicating and with the Referee not taking a personal look tells me that was the case. Do I know for sure? Nope, but again my take on the situation.

Peace

Really? My HS crew measured 4 or 5 times all season. I think my college crew measured twice all season.

If you're measuring that much, your wings are letting the crew down when getting spots. Or your line judge isn't very good at deciding whether or not the LTG has been reached.,

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Rich

Really? My HS crew measured 4 or 5 times all season. I think my college crew measured twice all season.

If you're measuring that much, your wings are letting the crew down when getting spots. Or your line judge isn't very good at deciding whether or not the LTG has been reached.,

Our wings did not let us down, because that is our crew philosophy. It does not bother us one bit to measure on close measurements. It may bother you or others on your crew, not a problem for us.

And I love the college mentality too, because I heard a crew chief make that "We are not measuring today" crap last year, but on the crew happened to be a D1 official. The D1 official took big time opposition to that feeling and said basically that was the wrong position to take. And even went on to say about video tape and how people can see what you do.

No one is letting us down, we just feel that we should measure close spots and not all spots are clearly behind or beyond the line. And certainly harder if those are in the middle of the field where one of the hash marks is the first down marker and yes coaches think you screwed up if you just signal.

Peace

[Rich]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Our wings did not let us down, because that is our crew philosophy. It does not bother us one bit to measure on close measurements. It may bother you or others on your crew, not a problem for us.

And I love the college mentality too, because I heard a crew chief make that "We are not measuring today" crap last year, but on the crew happened to be a D1 official. The D1 official took big time opposition to that feeling and said basically that was the wrong position to take. And even went on to say about video tape and how people can see what you do.

No one is letting us down, we just feel that we should measure close spots and not all spots are clearly behind or beyond the line. And certainly harder if those are in the middle of the field where one of the hash marks is the first down marker and yes coaches think you screwed up if you just signal.

Peace

I always measure when it's needed, but 4-5 times a game seems way excessive. YMMV (and clearly does).

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Rich

I always measure when it's needed, but 4-5 times a game seems way excessive. YMMV (and clearly does).

As I stated we are OK with it. I think we have a job to do and it seems to me that is part of our job. We are most of all accused of having an agenda and that takes away that part of their gripe.

Peace

[JasonTX]

I may have had 5 measurements all season long. We rely upon the line judge to determine if we will measure. I am the R and I look to him to tell me if we are short or if it's a first. The game moves smoothly and the coaches appreciate that we don't slow down the game for a useless measurement. The line judge has a straight down the line view and he makes a judgement. The times that we measured were in crucial situations such as 4th down towards the end of the half or game and the game wasn't yet decided.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Rich

I always measure when it's needed, but 4-5 times a game seems way excessive. YMMV (and clearly does).

I am confident I have had a total of four or five measurements in my entire football career.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Adam

I am confident I have had a total of four or five measurements in my entire football career.

You worked 1 game, and it was with Rut?