Worst Ref In History?

Who was the guy who called that phantom TD for Bergerboy in Super Bowl XL?

 

Tim Donaghy=Jim Joyce

 

I have to go with the Daniel vs Goliath battle where the ref clearly missed the illegal use of weapons in the sling shot.

Goliath was robbed!

 

REALLY?! Robbed?!! Goliath was over 9 feet tall. If you want to talk about robbed, what about those other armies who lost to him when he was clearly juicing. David won because Goliath had to stop juicing because of pressure put on him by the BSEC (Biblical Sporting Event Committee). Not to mention Goliath was supposedly stuffing his pads with Goose feathers for extra comfort and ease of movement clearly violating the "Duck" rule established as a result of the Gethsemane Patriots vs. Gomorrah Raiders war for Persia. You bandwagon Goliath fans can NOT let that go. Please. David was an underrated underdog and Goliath, just like before he started juicing, just choked. Not to mention the Pharisees Congressional Inquiry into the game clearly stating that under Section 8 Article 5 of the BSEC Constitution, slings are legal as long as they do not make use of a wooden base.

 

LOL. As one who was not there, I defer to your knowledge KM.

 

If we're talking NFL refs, and as for who screwed the Dolphins most often, I offer two names, Tom White and Gerry Austin.

 

ESPN survey of 100 players voted Joyce the best ump in the game nonetheless.

 

Addtionally, the 'Pittsburgh Ref' is also the Saints Ref from the previous season (the phantom Sharper TD to end the half).

 

That ****ing ******* from Pittsburgh who ****ed us against the Steelers.

 

sure the roman ref killed a man, but I and every other Dolfan died inside when Gene Steratore blew that pittsburgh call.

 

Hochuli is a good ref. even the players think so.

 

thats this one yes?

 

I am pretty sure no ref has caused the death of a Dolphins player.

 

It shouldn't be hard to tell how I feel about the PA ref.

 

Ron Marinucci was the Line Judge in both games and was the one right on top of the Sharper phantom TD, but in the Steelers game it was the Head Linesman, Jerry Bergman who made the premature TD signal on the Big Ben phantom TD.

Marinucci was the only one common to both games along with Back Judge Dino Paganelli. The Referee in the 2009 Saints game was John Parry.

 

Yeah, I think that's right. He gets a lot of notice because of his well developed (for an NFL official) arms, but at least he is man enough to admit when he blows a call. Like in that Denver game a few years ago when his premature whistle gave the Broncs an extra play and Cutler drilled Eddie Royal for a TD.

 

Was it Phil Luckett who blew the overtime cointoss on Thanksgiving? He also had like three other VERY bad calls that year. His last name didn't help matters either...

 

I remember that touchdown very well. It was a great call by Shanahan. The jerk route to Eddie Royal, which was perfectly ran.

 

Then he went for 2 and the win rather than kick the pat to tie and called the exact same play and it worked again.

 

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This is easy........the fans!
Sorry people, but fans don't know Sh!t about officiating.

 

Walt Coleman and it was never proven right to my satisfaction. It was spun until they felt the huddled masses may have believed it.

I am beyond their timid lying morality, and so I am beyond caring.

 

You're a fan too, so do you include yourself in that blanket statement?

 

Bettis was wrong and the Miracle was legal.

 

Whoever called that PI on the U is blind.

 

Yep, I'm a fan and if I knew everything I'd be in the NFL. The fact is, fans don't know nothing about officiating. This is not a good thread for me to be posting in because I will always defend the officials. I've said this before and I'll say it again, players and coaches win or lose the games, not the officials. Fans are blind and will never understand. I've tried to explain things in the past, that I was 100% right, but got ripped by people on here because they didn't want to believe it, they were blind.

 

I used to umpire baseball back in my younger days, and I have seen bad calls made at critical times that absolutely cost a team the game. Sure it may even out over the course of a season but in a single game maybe not. YMMV, but I cannot accept that statement as an absolute thing. That said, my umping baseball then makes me no more or less an authority than your reffing soccer now. And I believe many fans who never reffed or umped any sport can still see it as well.

 

Steeler ref..he changed the dynamics and fate of a season, and quite possibly a players future.

 

Most fans don't know what to look for. Most fans dont know what a foul is at the pro level. Fans don't know how the league instucts the officials to officiate the games.

A foul in a little league is not the same foul in the NFL. Every fan has their opinion, but hardly is it ever right.

 

This. I didn't have to post it, thank you. Joyce is a player favorite...especially after how he handled the perfect game situation a few years ago with that Detroit pitcher. Armando Galaraga (sp). Guy was seen crying. Handled that whole situation with class.

Now for that Pittsburgh ref who effed the Dolphins...ohh no word from him. NFL refs don't have to answer if they make the wrong call. They hide.

 

You, with your absolutes...your wrong. Officiating does play a key role in all sports. There is good, and there is bad officiating. They aren't robots. Whether you want to admit it or not. Most of us regulars here know a lot about the rules in the NFL. We know more than "****" about officiating. If you want to sit there with your rosy shades and think every call is 100% prefect then you do that. Jordan had refs in his back pocket, Tom Brady can complain for 8 seconds after a play and then get a flag all of a sudden, The Pitt-Dolphin game last year...wasn't called correctly. If an umpire blows a call at home plate to decide the outcome of a baseball game...you'll always defend the official... OK. There are ton's of examples where umpires or refs have royally screwed up. Hard to defend those officials. Which is why I have a ton of respect for MLB ump Joyce. Guy man'd up with class. Even cried, could tell the man cared. I got a ton of respect for that kind of stuff. But not for the NFL refs who make critical game-changing calls, and then go hide, and don't have to answer to critics afterwards. Sorry

 

You can see a ****ty call.

No question about it.

 

Don't agree with you here steve. Refs are human and some are to stuborn to man up, right now the stuborn in you is showing are you a ref?

 

Same ref to call Calvin Johnsons TD a no catch to change the winner of that game and I'm not a Lions fan but that was BS.

 

I would like to change my vote to Terry Porter.

Terry Porter MUST be on this poll.