Thoughts on a Look-Back Rule case

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

How are you going to justify this no call when the coach comes out? I get not calling a player shuffling their feet. But stepping WAY off the base to look in - this is an elephant call you can't fail to make.

"foot went way up, not forward" That would fall under "gotcha".

And I try not to make calls based on what a coach thinks or just to avoid debate. If needed, I would explain to the coach that it is not the purpose or interpretation of the rule; then count him/her as a lost vote.