Originally posted by: Garet Jax
Originally posted by: toekramp
christ does Garet ever shut up? every other reply in this thread is Garet bitching about the same god damn thing
Christ you guys have been so influencial in convincing me I'm wrong.
If sao123's post wasn't enough for you, then you're just stubborn.
If you wanna keep going in circles on this, that's fine, but here's the truth:
- It doesn't matter. The Ravens lost. The record can't be changed short of some huge scandal being uncovered. Hindsight doesn't change it.
- They played poorly... to say that it cost them the game is to assume that had this call not been made, that a LOT of other things would and would not have happened. What if, what if, what if. For as many times as you can say this play cost them the game I can probably think of things that could have happened after the game to prevent that. If they had played better in the 97% of the game before that... minutes before that play... you probably would have brushed it off before you could click on your bookmark for ATOT and start making a post.
- The refs in the NFL are a much better judge of calls than you based off of experience. I'll admit I don't know you, but I think I can safely say that you probably don't have the experience that an NFL ref has . For you to say it wasn't a pushoff is like telling your doctor how to diagnose your problems. Certainly they make mistakes, but everyone has the chance of a mistake being made in their favor or against them, however, you cannot dispute that there was contact made or that the contact made hindered the path of the offensive player. The video evidence posted earlier clearly shows this.
- Adding some panel of judges would be absurd because no matter how many people are judging it all comes down to opinion. Based off the fact that you think there should be an odd number, as you previously stated, it just shows that the calls are entirely subjective. Who is to say that the field ref's opinions are less valid than the magical all-seeing people in the booth?
- You may have lots of cameras and lots of angles, but you still don't always have a perfect view on what happened.
- If this is something that the PLAYERS and COACHES clearly wanted, it probably would have been implemented a long time ago. So why should it be implemented? Because you can't just admit the things posted above? Or maybe it's because the people actually playing the game realize that it's part of the game and that they have probably had it work in their favor and never complained.
- What happens when the clock is ticking in the last few seconds of the game and the offense is trying to move the ball fast? Should an opinion be ignored in favor of allowing the offense to continue? Would you stop the clock and completely ruin the idea of a hurry-up offense? Adding stuff like this would only complicated the game.