Comments on: Mike Carey says game “unquestionably” will be different with replacement officials

By: giantsfanlewis

giantsfanlewis — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:42:40 +0000

4thqtrsaint

By the name I’m guessing your a saints fan so I can see why you wouldn’t want the refs to change. Pats, steelers(not harrasion fans), packers and saints fans love current refs. Now on to my other point.

I’m a giants fan. In 2002 or 2003 the current refs did just that to my giants in a game vs the 49ers. In 2001 they did that to the raiders in the playoffs. In 2007 they helped the pats go undefeated. In 2011 they tried doing the same for the packers. Watch the first giants game. In the playoffs they tried to help the packers go to the superbowl. Watch the game unbiased and you will see.

These new refs can’t be any worse then that

By: 4kebart

4kebart — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:00:11 +0000

It is time for the league to hire full-time officials. Hire guys at 20 train them for 5 years (cardio, films, mock games) then let them officiate the games for 20 years the retire them. There is no need for 60 year old men being out of position and making the wrong calls!

By: bigbadass

bigbadass — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:58:50 +0000

So what is the hold up? Do they want free prescription eye care? How about they get the same % increase that the average american got on their salary last year? No, my guess is they want a lot more money or they’ll do their best to ruin the product as we get it. Hire replacement refs and allow another challenge by coaches. I don’t care if the game goes 5 minutes longer, that’s ESPN and Fox who do.

By: tdk24

tdk24 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:54:32 +0000

I for one and looking forward to scab refs. It would be nice for a change to see a Raider game ref’d by dudes who don’t confuse the 2012 Raiders with the 1970′s Raiders.

By: watermelon1

watermelon1 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:51:03 +0000

I have a hard time believing the officiating could be much worse. I’m definitely for seeing some new officials out there.

By: bradmoss1

bradmoss1 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:49:55 +0000

“The graveyards are full of people the world could not do without.” – Elbert Hubbard

By: bsizemore68

bsizemore68 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:36:55 +0000

The league is responsibly for the officials, they get rid of a few every year, so replacement will not be better then the ones they have now, and don’t forget, they will be a cancer on the league, because they are scabs, and scabs will stab you in the back. Bill

By: bilbo1000

bilbo1000 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:00:30 +0000

These negotiations with the officials is the time to get them to accept a replay official in the booth to watch all the TV feeds the viewer is watching so replay decisions can be made quickly and accurately instead of the dog-and-pony show of an on-field official “going under the hood.” It’s just so much more efficient that way.

By: ilovefoolsball

ilovefoolsball — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:56:12 +0000

Carey went on to say: “We thought it was bad when only Ed Hochuli wore a tight shirt to display his bulging biceps. Wait till they get this new crop of show boating refs, they’ll be wearing colored thongs that you’ll be able to see through those white pants.”

By: j0esixpack

j0esixpack — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:53:57 +0000

Let’s get the NBA officials in for training.

No one has more trust and respect than they do.

Is Tim Donaghy done with his parole?

By: sb44champs

sb44champs — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:31:20 +0000

“And I personally love Ed Hockaloogie.”
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He actually stinks at his job though!!!

By: pleasantsurpriselefty

pleasantsurpriselefty — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:30:55 +0000

Everybody in every sport thinks the games can’t go on without them. News flash: they can! These guys make a lot of walking around money for a part time job. Their wives won’t be happy with less cash to spend not to mention having them around all weekend bitching about the guys that took their jobs. Cut the best deal you can and move on.

By: sb44champs

sb44champs — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:29:09 +0000

I remember when they had the last lock out and replacement refs and they were WAY BETTER THAN THE REGULAR REFS!!!! They actually LET THEM PLAY WITHOUT TICKY-TAC CALLS!!!!!!! THEY’RE NOT OUT TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES LIKE THE REGULAR REFS ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: 13curtjp

13curtjp — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:13:09 +0000

“I don’t think they’d be invited to any of our parties,”

Ok mike….I’m sure they’re missing out.

By: 4thqtrsaint

4thqtrsaint — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:08:33 +0000

I must be in the minority here. I want the refs we have. No ref is ever gonna get everything right. But newbies definitely won’t. Crucial calls can be challenged & reviewed by the booth, so a lot of bad calls have a chance to be righted. With new guys that don’t know what they’re doing, good night!!

For every person on here complaining about the refs they have, wait until the new guys cost your team a game or two. Wait until your team misses the playoffs on a blown newbie call. Not because they didn’t get a good look at the play, but because the rules are too complex for them to remember at NFL game speed.

And I personally love Ed Hockaloogie. I’m convinced he was a tunnel rat in Vietnam & and a calvary man in the War of 1812.

By: dexterismyhero

dexterismyhero — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:06:38 +0000

Man would I like to go to the NFL Referee’s Party! Wow, that would be awesome. What movies would they be watching? Are they sponsored by Coors Lite? Natty Lite?

By: east96st

east96st — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:50:27 +0000

Whatever it takes to get Bill Leavy out of the game, do it! The fact that Leavy spend 5 minutes under the hood watching the same replays we all saw at home and STILL said Jennings did NOT fumble in the playoff game against the Giants, means he’s either incompetent or crooked. One of the worse officiated playoff games this century. Leavy did it all he could to throw that game. No way you can convince me that a college ref could do worse than that performance.

By: 52crabcakes

52crabcakes — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:42:49 +0000

and maybe it will get better!

By: r8rsfan

r8rsfan — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:42:49 +0000

So will the new refs be trained to be biased against the Raiders too?

By: JohnnyTwoTimes says

JohnnyTwoTimes says — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:33:36 +0000

Maybe should bring in the Vegas Boxing Judges to Referee NFL Games…..

By: crazybeardedjack

crazybeardedjack — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:27:40 +0000

Let’s be realistic – there are only a few calls the officials actually make anymore that they have to stand by. With the review process changed to include plays in the scoring window it takes the official’s ability away from that scenario as well. Replacement officials are going to be working twice as hard to not only prove themselves, but to prove statements like this one from Carey are untrue.

Personally, as long as Ed Hochuli isn’t on my TV posturing and explaining everything to the Nth degree, I’m perfectly fine.

By: thegronk87

thegronk87 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:26:19 +0000

sorry i meant to clarify, isn’t this the “eli was in the grasp but i forgot to blow the whistle” referee? he has zero credibility.

By: youdownwithjpp

youdownwithjpp — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:19:57 +0000

“Different” does not necessarily mean worse off. Then again it, may.

What I do know is that some refs need to be replaced, due to being consistently inconsistent in their penalty calling.

Jerome Boger
Pete Morelli
Jeff Triplette
Ron Winters

…..all come to mind.

By: rodge1

rodge1 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:14:32 +0000

Sounds like great news to me!… So does this actually mean the end of terrible calls deciding the end results of games? Can’t wait!!!!

By: truthfactory

truthfactory — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:13:21 +0000

… Says the guy who gets paid a minimum of $75,000 to work at most 25 Sundays out of the year

By: nebster21

nebster21 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:10:09 +0000

games will eithe not be determined before kick off or the new officials will make it noticably fixed.

By: m2karateman

m2karateman — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:55:46 +0000

The game is played by the players, and therefore it won’t change. The product on TV may suffer due to the replacement officials’ inexperience. But the fact is that the NFL will continue on without the regular officials. Mike Carey is one of the best officials, so I respect where he’s coming from. Unfortunately not all the “professional” officials are as good as he is.

By: polishkingski

polishkingski — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:52:15 +0000

these guys do remember what happend to mlb officials right?

By: patriots55

patriots55 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:50:35 +0000

Not that hard to do!!!!!

By: thegronk87

thegronk87 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:49:45 +0000

isn’t this the “eli was in the grasp” referee?