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Why Did He Blow The Whistle If He Could Not See If It Was A Pass Or Not
He Was Not The Only Ref Out There
You Could Always Look At The Replay Later And Correct It
You Can Not If You Blow The Whistle
If You Can Not Tell You Do Not Blow The Whistle
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shu...urn=nfl,108018
Ed Hochuli is very frowny after the disaster in Denver
By MJD
According to NFL supervisor of officials Mike Pereira, Ed Hochuli is "devastated" at what went down in Denver on Sunday. If you missed it, Hochuli made an inexplicable mental gaffe--I won't call it a "blown call" or "missed call" because I think it goes a little beyond that--that almost directly cost the Chargers a loss against the Broncos.
From Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union Tribune:
No one, it appears, is taking the mistake and its ramifications harder than Hochuli.
"He's devastated," said Mike Pereira, the NFL's supervisor of officials. "... I was talking to Ed within 10 minutes after the game was over, and he was sick. He's still sick (yesterday).
"Everybody works so hard and wants to be perfect in a game you're not likely to ever be perfect. I've talked to him three times. He's really struggling with the fact he made such a bad call."
Hochuli's also manning up and taking his e-mail lumps. His e-mail address isn't hard to find with a simple Yahoo! search, and he's been bombarded with hate mail. And still, he's replying to everyone. Someone relayed the following reply from Hochuli to a message board at the San Diego Union Tribute.
I'm getting hundreds of emails – hate mail – but I'm responding to it all. People deserve a response.
You can rest assured that nothing anyone can say can make me feel worse than I already feel about my mistake on the fumble play. You have no idea ...
Affecting the outcome of a game is a devastating feeling. Officials strive for perfection – I failed miserably. Although it does no good to say it, I am very, very sorry.
Ed Hochuli
No one was more upset about the call than me, I promise you. I was driving to a friend's house after the game, and had to stop at a local convenience store so I could throw a child-like fit and kick inanimate objects. I said things about Ed Hochuli in the hours after the loss that could've gotten me arrested. Eventually, my grief took the form of a letter from Ed's dog.
But knowing now that Hochuli feels so bad about it, it sort of takes some of the venom out of me. It's hard to hate a guy who knows he screwed up and feels bad about it.
It's just so hard to understand why he blew that whistle. A ball went flying backwards out of the quarterback's hand. In what way would that lead anyone to believe that a play should be blown dead? Why would it even occur to him to blow the whistle?
It's not like Hochuli missed a hold, or botched a pass interference call. I rarely complain about mistakes like that. There are so many shades of gray on every play, and there's so much to see. Judgment calls will be blown, and that, I've learned to live with.
This was different, though. Hochuli wasn't making a judgment. There's no way he could look at what Jay Cutler did from any angle and conclude that he threw a forward pass, any more than you could watch Ryan Seacrest wax his chest and then conclude that mashed potatoes are delicious. It just couldn't happen.
Anyway, the man feels bad about it, he's been punished, and I think I can start to let it go now. Hopefully someday, I'll once again be able to look at Ed Hochuli and see a fine official with great pecs, instead of the guy who handed Denver a win
Why Did He Blow The Whistle If He Could Not See If It Was A Pass Or Not
He Was Not The Only Ref Out There
You Could Always Look At The Replay Later And Correct It
You Can Not If You Blow The Whistle
If You Can Not Tell You Do Not Blow The Whistle
I never thought I'd take the internet so seriously, but I really want to find out where ducks lives and burn his ing house to the ground.
I have not sent ed an email
so that would be worth it to go to prison for life
I guess then you would not have to work,pay bills,eat for free and you would get to watch tv
are you that lazy you want to go to prison so you do not have to work?
People say this like it's a given and it's not really true.
Since the call on the field is the default, and "conclusive visual evidence" is necessary to overturn it, it's a bad idea for the officials to ref towards replay.
hochuli blew this call, no doubt. bad calls have happened before and they'll happen again.
but he didn't lose the game for the chargers. their defense did.
It's a standup effort on Hochuli's part to respond to what are, undoubtedly, irrational e-mails lambasting him for making a mistake. The mistake shouldn't have happened, but I'd be surprised if anyone who's cursing Hochuli's mistake has worked without making an error. I'd also be surprised if those yahoos are as good at their primary jobs as Hochuli is at his avocation. Hochuli made a big mistake, no doubt, but it's a rarity in his career and it's one that he's obviously not very happy with. At that, the Chargers could have done a million things along the way to win that game and make sure that an official's call didn't have a damned thing to do with the ultimate outcome.
You gotta respect that the guy comes out and admits his mistake and is willing to respond to every one of his critics instead of hiding behind the commissioner like NBA refs do.
this ref has guts
most would hide from mistake
I actually feel bad for him
A team with a defense that allows that, AND an easy 2-point conversion to the same guy, doesn't deserve to win. After all that happened, they still had the outcome in their hands. And they blew it. Officials mess up, it happens. The good teams can win anyway. Its a 16 game season. if they can't turn it around, it would be a punk cop-out to go back and blame it all on this early season messup.During the Broncos' 39-38 win against San Diego on Sunday, Marshall tied for the second-most catches in a game in NFL history with 18 receptions for 166 yards (9.2 avg.) with one touchdown. Marshall's reception total, which was double that of the next closest player for Week 2, was the highest single-game total in the NFL in eight seasons (Terrell Owens had a league-record 20 catches for San Francisco vs. Chicago 12/17/00).
the craziest part is that even if it is a pass, THE BALL GOES BACKWARD, so it's a lateral. this inadvertant whistle crap pisses me off!
was that the same deal on the desean jackson play the other night? i mean what would have happen if jackson laterals at the 1 and roy williams (in his infinite speed and coverage abilities) trailing the play kicks it out of bounds. do they still give the ball to philly at the 1 or is it touchback cowboys ball?
there's got to be some interpretation of the rules at some point.
i agree with that. however, if the QB is looking downfield, 99% of the refs at any level will call it a forward pass if his arm is going forward.
do I want to go to prison, or am i going to go to prison? Is that the same as actually going to prison? can ambchang help me out here?
What is this b.s.?
Is Acee a flamer?
if you burned down my house you would
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