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Is there really a difference with these replacement refs
Posted on 9/3/12 at 10:37 am
Posted on 9/3/12 at 10:37 am
I don't see it. Refs make calls and refs miss calls all of the time - even replays - regular or otherwise at every level. The replacements aren't just Joe's-off-the-street. They're seasoned referees. Objectively, I dont see a difference.
Now, the announcers and players would have you believe otherwise. After all, they are fellow union brothers of sorts. The announcers relish in looking down their nose at the calls on the field and the players like to talk about the dangers of the replacement refs but after all the gum-flapping is done there really is no difference IMO and I wish they'd just STFU. I'm tired of it.
Now, the announcers and players would have you believe otherwise. After all, they are fellow union brothers of sorts. The announcers relish in looking down their nose at the calls on the field and the players like to talk about the dangers of the replacement refs but after all the gum-flapping is done there really is no difference IMO and I wish they'd just STFU. I'm tired of it.
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Posted on 9/3/12 at 10:39 am to wallowinit
Yea a big one
Posted on 9/3/12 at 10:40 am to wallowinit
no these motherfrickers are terrible
Posted on 9/3/12 at 10:41 am to wallowinit
the real refs are not full time like other leagues anyway
Posted on 9/3/12 at 10:43 am to wallowinit
None of the NFL refs are perfect, but they are much closer than these replacements.
Have you watched any preseason football? There was a touchback called on the 5 yardline fcol.
Have you watched any preseason football? There was a touchback called on the 5 yardline fcol.
Posted on 9/3/12 at 10:45 am to wallowinit
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I don't see it.
you must've not been watching
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The replacements aren't just Joe's-off-the-street. They're seasoned referees.
no they're not. Hell one of the refs is so bad he was actually fired from the lingerie football league. And none of these refs are used to the NFL rules. Which is different from whatever league they came from. 
Posted on 9/3/12 at 10:45 am to wallowinit
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the announcers and players would have you believe otherwise. After all, they are fellow union brothers of sort
What union do you think the announcers are in?
Posted on 9/3/12 at 10:49 am to jacks40
Didn't you know announcers and players have same union rep
Posted on 9/3/12 at 10:49 am to wallowinit
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there really is no difference IMO
You've just shown how ignorant you truly are...
Posted on 9/3/12 at 10:55 am to wallowinit
Posted on 9/3/12 at 10:59 am to wallowinit
You have these issues with regular refs as well its just that every mistake made by the replacements is magnified and then shouted from the top of the mountain unlike the blunders by the regulars.
I think most of the negativity surrounding them is generated by the negative hype and people who believe whatever is said on TV by people who are trained to sound like they're the final authority on these matters and being influenced by these announcers, commentators, and analyzes.
I think most of the negativity surrounding them is generated by the negative hype and people who believe whatever is said on TV by people who are trained to sound like they're the final authority on these matters and being influenced by these announcers, commentators, and analyzes.
Posted on 9/3/12 at 11:19 am to wallowinit
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You have these issues with regular refs
Even if I grant you that, regular refs don't have these issues as frequently as the replacements have had in the preseason
Posted on 9/3/12 at 11:22 am to jacks40
Here is a .gif of the op. He doesn't believe he was in a car wreck either.
Posted on 9/3/12 at 11:30 am to wallowinit
Keep in mind that the normal refs blew a coin toss a few years ago with Bettis. I'm sorry but it doesn't get much worse than that.
Posted on 9/3/12 at 11:31 am to jacks40
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Even if I grant you that, regular refs don't have these issues as frequently as the replacements have had in the preseason
You just don't see every little mistake discussed on every talking-head show and ridiculed so roundly by the game announcers like you do with the replacements. It's six of one and half a dozen of the other. Overall it's a push as regards the outcome or quality of the games.
Posted on 9/3/12 at 11:36 am to Hat Tricks
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Keep in mind that the normal refs blew a coin toss a few years ago with Bettis. I'm sorry but it doesn't get much worse than that.
Do you know what a touchback is ? I'm pretty sure every CASUAL fan knows that.
2 Weeks ago maybe? One of the teams down a punt on the 4 yard line .. . THE FOUR ! the Refs called it a touch back. The ball never got close to the goal line.
Posted on 9/3/12 at 11:57 am to Hat Tricks
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Keep in mind that the normal refs blew a coin toss a few years ago with Bettis. I'm sorry but it doesn't get much worse than that.
A few years ago?? It was 1998.
Also, in hindsight Bettis had something to do with that mistake and deserves some of the blame.
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though later sound enhancements of the audio showed that Bettis said "hea-tails" and Bettis admitted starting to call "heads" before changing it to tails
Posted on 9/3/12 at 11:59 am to wallowinit
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Overall it's a push as regards the outcome or quality of the games.
Disagree ETA an paragraph from
Peter King today.
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Another story showcasing these fine, upstanding men in the striped pajamas, aka the replacement officials: I cannot say which game this story happened in, but I can tell you it did happen. Final preseason game for two teams. Official calls defensive pass-interference in front of the penalized team's bench. Head coach lambastes the official. Official picks up the flag, tells the coach he's not going to make the call. Coach is stunned.
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Posted on 9/3/12 at 1:29 pm to jacks40
Which raises the question.....was Peter King on the sideline standing close enough to hear the exchange or is he repeating 2nd and 3rd hand info as facts? Probably the latter since he doesn't ID the game and reporters aren't allowed in the team box.
Posted on 9/3/12 at 1:30 pm to wallowinit
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The replacements aren't just Joe's-off-the-street. They're seasoned referees. Objectively, I dont see a difference.
yes they are.
LINK
This post was edited on 9/3/12 at 1:32 pm
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