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If These Officials Start The Season, I'm Boycotting The NFL This Year

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Alex44, Aug 17, 2012.

  1. Alex44

    Alex44 Boshosaurus Rex

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    Anyone agree? This isnt even football.
     
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  2. gruuv

    gruuv Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Yeah that was a pretty bad PI call on smith...depressing.
     
  3. Alex44

    Alex44 Boshosaurus Rex

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    The Personal foul on Vontae was just as bad or worse. Steve Smith tackled him to the ground and Vontae got the foul?
     
  4. GridIronKing34

    GridIronKing34 Silently Judging You

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    At the very least it should have been offsetting. Steve Smith is a POS when it comes to starting stuff like that though, IMO.
     
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  5. BlameItOnTheHenne

    BlameItOnTheHenne Taking a poop

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    It's definitely worse than I thought it would be.
     
  6. PSG

    PSG Clear Eyes. Full Hearts.

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    I'd get ready to not watch football if I were you.
    The League has no qualms about using these scrubs in the regular season and unless the refs cave that's exactly what's gonna happen.
     
  7. PhinGeneral

    PhinGeneral PC Texas A&M, Bro Club Member

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    Never mind the refs, if the defense keeps playing like this I might boycott the season.
     
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  8. JimToss

    JimToss Thank You Chad Pennington

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    From what I'm seeing the replacement refs are the only chance we have at winning games.

    If somehow all the bad calls go for us, we have a chance at the Superbowl.
     
  9. BlameItOnTheHenne

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    Make a movie out of it and maybe we got something....
     
  10. Ohio Fanatic

    Ohio Fanatic Twuaddle or bust Club Member

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    We have no depth at pass rusher and LB, not surprising we got our asses kicked.
    And the PI call wasn't that bad, he was tugging on him.
    The call vs Vontae was atrocious
     
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  11. Yellow Snowman

    Yellow Snowman New Member

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    waaa waaa waaa. The regular refs suck too, nothing new. These replacement guys might mess up some but atleast they're letting guys play a little bit so I'm cool with it. By the regular season they'll be fine. If you didn't know they were replacements you wouldnt say a thing since normal guys are trash too.
     
  12. BlameItOnTheHenne

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    Regular refs know how to spot a football correctly, though.
     
  13. Yellow Snowman

    Yellow Snowman New Member

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    Thats about all :lol:
     
  14. Alex44

    Alex44 Boshosaurus Rex

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    Regular refs don't miss about 6 false starts and 3 offsides either.
     
  15. dolfan32323

    dolfan32323 ty xphinfanx

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    I hate to pile on the replacement refs cause they're trying their best out there, but they just flat out suck. It's inexcusable for a premier sports league to allow this atrocity to occur any longer.
     
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  16. Alex44

    Alex44 Boshosaurus Rex

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    How do you tug on someone while running in front of them? There was literally almost no contact on tat play.
     
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  17. BlameItOnTheHenne

    BlameItOnTheHenne Taking a poop

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    That's 1 more thing than the replacement refs can do.
     
  18. smahtaz

    smahtaz Pimpin Ain't Easy

    Disagree completely with the PI call. He had position.
     
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  19. byroan

    byroan Giggity Staff Member Administrator Luxury Box

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    How are they letting guys play by calling a joke of a PI call on Smith?
     
  20. Paul 13

    Paul 13 Chaotic Neutral & Unstable Genius Staff Member

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    yeah but the reg refs would screw us too...
     
  21. Alex44

    Alex44 Boshosaurus Rex

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    They'd at least call the obvious false starts (on both sides)

    Im not saying this because of being screwed. I could care less its preseason. I dont even feel like Im watching football though. They are calling some weird alien game.
     
  22. smahtaz

    smahtaz Pimpin Ain't Easy

    While I agree the officiating is atrocious, I'm not going to boycott because I think I have a couple of stout fantasy teams.
     
  23. Alex44

    Alex44 Boshosaurus Rex

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    lolRef moment

    Obviously blow the whistle as Edwards steps out of bounds. Spot the ball where he was tackled after anyway. Philbin throws challenge flag. Refs realize "Haha oh **** we spotted the ball wrong. AGAIN"
     
  24. BlameItOnTheHenne

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    I'm hoping to hear "False start on the defense". That would be great.
     
  25. Alex44

    Alex44 Boshosaurus Rex

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    The call would go something like this

    *Referee makes PI gesture*

    "False holding, on the special teams, wide corner, 5...10?...5! yard penalty remains 6th down."
     
  26. BlameItOnTheHenne

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    Flagrant 2 on #83!
     
  27. byroan

    byroan Giggity Staff Member Administrator Luxury Box

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    I'm waiting for an illegal carry by the RB flag to be thrown.
     
  28. smahtaz

    smahtaz Pimpin Ain't Easy

    I'm not sure which is worse, the officiating or the broadcasting.
     
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  29. MikeHoncho

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    I want Gene Steratore and Ed Hochuli back...
    :escape::couch:
     
  30. jw3102

    jw3102 season ticket holder

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    This is certainly something you and I both agree on. I have seen high school ref's who are much better than this group of ref's. As bad as the Dolphins have been tonight, the ref's have been worse.
     
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  31. Alex44

    Alex44 Boshosaurus Rex

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    Trust me...their bad officiating gave me something to laugh at that wasn't us tonight.
     
  32. Noodle Arm

    Noodle Arm and you are?

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    Keanu Reeve's in...The Replacements 2!
     
  33. Disgustipate

    Disgustipate Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    The NFL really needs to pull its head out of its *** and settle with the referees now. Every week the replacements are out there erodes their position more and more, and they are going to get absolutely hammered by the media and fans when this kind of stuff occurs when the games count.
     
  34. MrClean

    MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member

    Yes, you should. That'll learn 'em good. I'm sure Goodell will notice it and say: "hey that really cool Dolphins fan named Alex44 is boycotting because of our scab refs. I'm going to given in to all their demands, so he'll lift that boycott!!!"

    :shifty:
     
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  35. MrClean

    MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member

    Bill Leavy has been reffing like a replacement ref for years, and managed to hold a job. He ain't alone either.
     
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  36. Coral Reefer

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    Agree on everything.
    We knew where our weaknesses were, we've all talked about them and so far they are proving to be the worst case scenario.
    WR, Pass Rush, LB, secondary..... I get the feeling were going to give up a lot of points this year.
    Still Preseason though so I'll reserve some semblence of hope. Still, while we all know game planning is not happening yet, it's troubling to see your players getting beat at the basics badly.

    As for the PI call on Smith.
    I'm not a fan of NFL refs at all. Replacements or the regular ones. The regular officials have been an embarrassment now for years. The NFL needs to pay them more to have officials that are more dedicated to their craft. It shouldn't take having them walk off the job. The NFL already should have been on it watching how ineffective they've been.

    That said, the PI call on Smith was a penalty. I don't know what others were watching. Smith clearly used his arm to grab Steve Smith and keep him from burning by him.... which he had been doing with ease by the way. You can even see Steve Smiths body turn from the pull. There were bad calls but that wasn't one of them.
     
  37. Frumundah Finnatic

    Frumundah Finnatic U Mad Miami?

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    Pat Summerall thinks Stockton and Griese drink too much.
     
  38. MrClean

    MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member

    How could I forget the name Gene Steratore? The piece of scum who along with his crew hosed us in the Steelers game in 2010. I'd take any replacement referee over him too.
     
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  39. MrClean

    MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member

    It should have been offsetting then, because Steve had Sean's right arm hooked late on the route, right before the pass arrived.
     
  40. rdhstlr23

    rdhstlr23 Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    I was watching the Falcons/Bengals on Thursday and listening to Mike Pereira. Now, he has a vested interest because those are his friends. However, he wasn't trashing the replacements. I agree with his take though. It's the administrative things, maintaining a game flow, correct spots, play clock/clock management, speed of the game, etc. As a fan, I wanted the Smith PI to hold up, but it's a judgment call--always has been. I've seen worse.

    For me, it's not marking 10 yards off after a 10 yard penalty. It's blatant obvious calls that force challenges--like punts being called touchbacks at the 4 yd line. I respect the heck outta Peter King, and he says the same as alex44, which is the quality of the game will be severely diluted with these officials. It will be from poor calls, or injuries from poor management of the game.
     
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