Comments on: Ref John Parry says officials don’t target Ndamukong Suh

By: staffordsyear

staffordsyear — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:40:53 +0000

When they call a horsecollar on barber when he took him down by the hair and forearm to the back of the head on cutler when he clearly hit him in the back it makes me think otherwise..granted this was his rookie year but still..

By: The Unlikely Expat

The Unlikely Expat — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:23:55 +0000

goblue714 says:Mar 2, 2012 9:28 PM

I like all the morons on here that criticize suh, if they had a player like him on their team they would love him.

My team already has someone who commits stupid penalties and makes bad decisions that lose them games (Stevie Johnson, Buffalo Bills). I wouldn’t want another. I love the intensity, I hate the side-effects.

By: goblue714

goblue714 — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:28:20 +0000

I like all the morons on here that criticize suh, if they had a player like him on their team they would love him.

By: shaggytoodle

shaggytoodle — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:16:54 +0000

They don’t have to target him, its pretty easy to see the guy that, is dribbling a guys head off the turf and then kicking at him, or in another instance trying to remove Delhomme’s head from his shoulders.

I really hope he gets his stuff straightened out, because he needs to help his team win, not hurt thier chances.

By: suhisabeast90

suhisabeast90 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:11:31 +0000

More anti-Lion sentiment huh?

By: funktron2x

funktron2x — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:09:01 +0000

More misleading and disingenuous MDS Lions coverage. Suh never said refs pick him out and pick on him. He said it was hard for refs to call his game because of his quickness and physicality. RADIO HOSTS that asked the ref if they single him out for reputation. Suh never claimed that. More biased drivel.

By: okieviacal

okieviacal — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:30:05 +0000

“We do watch film to prepare for formations and tendencies with the teams that we’re about to officiate.”

This seems like a suspect practice as it inadvertently encourages refs to focus on past tendencies and anchors their judgement to those past tendencies. From an officiating perspective, football should be a play to play game. If its a dirty hit, call it. If its clean hit, don’t call it. If it’s a questionable hit, review it an make a call, but don’t push a questionable hit into being a dirty hit just because it happened to be a dirty hit on the last play.

By: crise40g

crise40g — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:14:22 +0000

They don’t target him, they are just calling what they are seeing. If he was in Silver and Black, then Suh might have a beef.

By: Soulman45

Soulman45 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:41:43 +0000

The refs not looking what a shame what are they getting payed for?
To watch a payer name SUH.

By: nebster21

nebster21 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:45:55 +0000

Yeah, he is going to say that they target someone. Please, if he said that they target people the NFL would kill the person. My guess is they would have that person 6 feet under before the radio show was over.

By: mgm36

mgm36 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:30:14 +0000

John Parry was on the radio because he was given permission by the NFL. Since I know John Parry personally, I agree with what he said

By: kal5279

kal5279 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:19:22 +0000

Even if they don’t single him out they are biased when it comes to snap judgments on the field. He has had a large number of flags on him that were not personal fouls but assumed he committed one. The only time I recall the refs getting it right on one of those was against the Eagles, one ref called it a facemask on Vick but the other had a better angle and saw he only had shoulderpad. It just looked like a facemask because Vick whipped down so violently and Suh didn’t have a great angle or hold on him.

The 9 personal fouls is a bit misleading anyhow. Besides bad call most of those are incidental facemasks or borderline roughing the passer calls, not him stomping on people after the whistle or taking cheap shots. If you make any contact with a QBs helmet at all (the hell they changed it, refs still called it the same) it is a personal foul. I’d rather take an occasional facemask or blow to the head call than have my DL scared to get their hands up when getting after the QB, they can’t play scared of flags.

By: hooterdawg

hooterdawg — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:12:23 +0000

Liar.

By: georgebrett

georgebrett — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:08:34 +0000

All NFL officials should have to have a video camera on their hat or on their glasses so everything they look at is seen by the league. I’d bet my left nut that a bunch of officials target certain players and let others get away with anything. This would certainly end that.

By: themonster49

themonster49 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:00:00 +0000

As far as the ones I saw, I have to agree with the ref. Suh was caught doing every one of the things he got hit for. That is why he they threw the flag, they saw him do it. We all saw him do it.

By: lolb23

lolb23 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:53:12 +0000

Same refs who won’t admit pushing Cutler from behind wasn’t really a penalty

By: The Unlikely Expat

The Unlikely Expat — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:41:39 +0000

You can’t be an instigator and then wonder why you are being targeted. I know no one ever thinks that they are the problem, but he has to know that his play exceeds the limits of the rules and boundaries of the game. If he is watched by the refs specifically (he probably is), it’s because of an earned reputation.

By: mialto

mialto — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:21:27 +0000

Even saying “Yes we watch him because of the numerous complaints and his actions in the past” is ok. Suh is a dominating player and great personality, now if he could do something about the after-the-play behavior it’ll be good.

By: adlent

adlent — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:10:13 +0000

Like everyone is saying, what would you expect him to say?

The ref gave a great textbook answer on how they approach games, but he’s human, and as far as I’ve seen, every human has a tendency to lump someone’s reputation in with their actions. Think about your school or work environment. There’s a guy at my work who can never catch a break because of his reputation in the past. Now everyone just assumes when he doesn’t do something 100% right it is because he is lazy, etc.

I’m sure refs fall into the same trap, even if they try not to be.

By: jeffchadwick

jeffchadwick — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:02:38 +0000

I’m honestly wondering when MDS is going to stat his own anti-Lions fan blog. How this is remotely newsworthy is beyond me.

By: tv426

tv426 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:02:13 +0000

Suh is an even bigger idiot than I first thought. And that is saying something.

By: bleedgreen

bleedgreen — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:49:46 +0000

Why are ref’s giving interviews anyways? You SHOULD NEVER HEAR from a ref. I thought that the NFL already smacked down Hochuli for his website and told him to stuff a sock in the self promotion?

By: m2karateman

m2karateman — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:32:00 +0000

For those of you who think Suh is a dirty player, go back and watch some tape of some games. Watch Evan Dietrich-Smith on the plays before the stomp…blatant holding, hands to the face, even a groin shot with a knee that went uncalled. Watch the Lions game against New Orleans where Carl Nicks grabbed Suh by the head and threw him to the ground, no call. Even the announcer pointed it out and said “how can that not get a flag?”

I don’t condone the stomp, but the FACT is that Suh was hit with some personal foul penalties that were just flat out poor calls. I understand protecting the QBs in the league. But when a guy is within a step of the quarterback when the ball is released, how can he stop his momentum? Remember, Suh was flagged wrongly TWICE in 2011. Once for the hit on Cutler, which was perfectly legal, and once for a horse collar tackle on Marion Barber that was NOT a horse collar. The refs ARE targeting him, and making some sh** calls in the process.

By: zaggs

zaggs — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:28:15 +0000

Sure they don’t. And they always make the right calls to.

By: braven4evr

braven4evr — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:12:21 +0000

Does anyone really think he is going to say “yeah we keep an extra eye on him?”

By: wingz101

wingz101 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:43:27 +0000

They may not target Suh or any other D-lineman, but they certainly hamper their play by ignoring all the holding and grabbing that now goes on uncalled in almost all NFL games. Not to defend Suh’s stomp, but when you look at that play you have to ask yourself how the Packer’s guard, arms completely wrapped around Suh, wasn’t even flagged for holding. I mean no wonder these guys lose it.

By: wryly1

wryly1 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:24:44 +0000

Last season, part of Suh’s pregame routine was putting a target on his own back. He’s dealing with a situation of his own making. Every player and coach in the league knew full well how the rules were going to be interpreted and enforced. Whether they liked or agreed with it matters not.

By: jenniferxxx

jenniferxxx — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:23:25 +0000

The guy has a self-control issue. He’s got a problem that needs fixing.

It’s not always a conspiracy … it’s not always unfair treatment … it’s not always someone else’s fault.

Sometimes it’s you.

By: benh999

benh999 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:22:25 +0000

Too bad.

By: randomguy9999

randomguy9999 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:10:43 +0000

it isn’t surprising when Suh whines and says ‘they are always after me’…..

what is surprising is that he continues to do the same stuff year after year and refuses to take responsibility for it…..

he clearly can put up some great plays…. but, becoming a man, raising his hand, and saying ‘what I did was wrong’….. not so much…..