Covered TE

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

"Cost us the game" is a very, very common remark. It's said, and at least arguably correctly, even when the various "costs" during a game, tournament, or season add up to much more than the difference. But this is not crooked accounting.

It might work better if he had said, "cost us our last chance to make up for all of our other mistakes throughout the game."

Might.

[Altor]

Originally Posted by mcmcleod

I posted on here to get an answer.

You didn't ask a question.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by mcmcleod

I posted on here to get an answer.

No, you didn't. You posted to b!tch about a call you didn't like.

"I know you guys have covered this topic many years ago in this forum but would someone please remind the world that a covered TE (covered by WR) can shift to the other side of the formation and then place his hands in the dirt, as long as he doesn't do so to simulate a snap or and is in a two point stance prior to shifting."

So before you start chastising people, make sure you take a deep breath and realize you're going to get these types of responses when you throw the first dagger.

[CT1]

Originally Posted by mcmcleod

I explained prior to the game what we would do, everyone seemed fine, then the flags flew. Please help me!!!!!

Had a coach several years ago tell us the same thing in the pregame meeting: "All my linemen will be in a 2-pt stance, and they'll all shift. We'll do it slowly enough so that it doesn't simulate the snap."

Guess what? When they tried the shift during the game, it looked like a full-speed sweep.

That's why it's impossible for us to give you any meaningful information without video.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by CT1

Had a coach several years ago tell us the same thing in the pregame meeting: "All my linemen will be in a 2-pt stance, and they'll all shift. We'll do it slowly enough so that it doesn't simulate the snap."

Guess what? When they tried the shift during the game, it looked like a full-speed sweep.

That's why it's impossible for us to give you any meaningful information without video.

Extremely true. I've run out of extremities to count the number of times a coach described his super-nifty trick play that no one had ever thought of in pre-game, to make sure we're aware of it and that it's legal... only to find that when the rubber met the road the execution of it was not exactly like the description - and ended up getting flagged.

"C'Mon ref, we went over that in pregame."
"Coach ... that mess looked NOTHING like what you described in pregame."

[HLin NC]

"Coach ... that mess looked NOTHING like what you described in pregame."

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