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Originally Posted by LagunaSWana
I'm not sure what putting the officials on the spot in a press conference will do. If there are better officials waiting in the wings to take the spot of someone that is performing poorly, then that would be one thing. But I suspect most of these officials are chosen because they are better, on average, than the ones that don't get picked to work in the NFL.
I think this idea of "accountability" that fans clamor for is more to make them feel good than to somehow "force" better calls to be made. Do you think the refs go out there saying, "Hey, I want to blow some calls today"?
I am a college baseball umpire, so I have a different perspective than most here. Every time I step on the field, my goal is to have a perfect game. But getting one look, from one angle, at full speed makes attaining that goal incredibly difficult. And getting every pitch correct with a 3 dimensional zone with pitches coming in at 90+ mph, and with pitches that are breaking right at the edge or corner of the zone (or just missing that spot) is nearly impossible.
All that said, do I think the officials have had their radar set squarely on Taylor? Absolutely. A memo went out that might as well have had Taylor's name in it. Hopefully they made their point and the Chiefs can get back to business without having to be concerned about it anymore. Andy is sure doing his part.
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How did you completely miss the point? I would be a full blown idiot to think officials can’t make mistakes and human errors. I’m talking about a guy that doesn’t get penalized for an entire game for lining up incorrectly. Then a memo goes out to the officials, and even though he seems to have made an effort to correct himself, they start throwing flags on the guy like he’s beating their kids.
It’s intentional and wrong. This isn’t about missing a call, it’s about making several wrong calls against a single player just to prove a point. If you don’t think that’s a bad look then I don’t know what to tell ya. But, again, no one is held accountable for it, so who even knows what happens next, or when it stops? That’s what’s so infuriating.