(11-20-2018, 10:37 AM)JackCity Wrote:

(11-20-2018, 07:10 AM)hb1148 Wrote: Is your position that bad officiating never influences the outcome of a game? I disagree with that completely. We see several every year in the NFL (and other sports leagues) where that happens.

Of course not. My position is that if a team still had tons of chances to win despite a bad call then it's not the refs fault and adds nothing to the analysis to blame them.     

Every professional sport thinks it's refs are awful and out to get their team. The reality is its impossible to get every call right

---

Doug Marrones teams have been near the top of the penalty charts every year he's been a head coach. That's a bigger problem than any nefarious scheme by the refs to screw us over.

Officiating is part of the game and is subject to analysis just like a play call or a dropped pass. When officiating is particularly one-sided like it was against the squeelers, it in can make the difference even if a team has a chance to win in the end and blows it. The refs have to be held to a standard or it will become even worse then it is.

---