There is NO CONSPIRACY! The NFL is not for or against Tom Brady and the Pats and there is surely no conspiracies regarding refs calling games in favor of the Pats with the motives to sell more tickets. Give me a break. Samari Rolle's accusations are absurd and inappropriate in the highly publicized level of football in which he participates. So what, he called you a "boy." Grow up. If you are really offended as a human being, kids or no kids, take him to court for defamation of character and watch a judge laugh in your face. You're a man, act like one. Take defeat in stride and move along. Don't lambaste the officiating in the locker room after the game after a justified defeat by a team that is simply superior to yours. You are a professional. If you are truly offended that a referee referred to you as a boy, you are probably acting like one. Just. Shut. Up.
It seems this is a trend as of late. Players and coaches pointing fingers at officiating on national television and in press conferences, indicating some true deeper root intentions of the officiating crew, or simply pure incompetence. Save your breath. Officials are constantly being scrutinized by themselves in the form of watching tape and reviewing their own performances as well as reviewed by their superiors. Referees WANT to do a good job because doing otherwise would likely harm their own careers. Scrutinizing officiating as a coach or a player in the locker room is one thing, in front of cameras is another. Sack up. You are bias, they are not. They call it as they see it and ripping them a new one results in the same thing EVERY TIME. A fat-ass fine from Roger Goodell himself. It's never going to change, and the outcomes of the games, bad officiating or not, will remain the same. If you plan on being a poor sport again in the future Samari Rolle, bring your checkbook.
P.S. ESPN's article ended with a statement that made me cringe. "McKinnely, who played collegiately at UCLA, is black, as is Rolle." Despite what Stephen Jackson may think, race has nothing to do with this. Just. Shut. Up.
P.S.S. Reported this morning is that Les Miles will not sign his contract until after the BCS Title Game.
P.S.S.S. Les Miles will be ready to sign his contract after the board looks it over on Thursday. More misleading information spread all over the Internet. I'm beginning not to care. Sign Ron English up and get this over with. (cringe)
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The point of the ESPN clarification was that white people historically called black people "boy" regardless of age (a 20 year old white guy might call an elderly black guy "boy.") By saying that the ref and the player were both black, ESPN was actually playing down the racial side of the story. (I'm defending ESPN for once in my life!)
that last comment was from me, jerry sloan.
Robby, don't settle just because your frustrated with the coaching search. Let it play out as long as it needs to and get the best guy available. I'm happy the search committee and athletic department are duing their due diligence in finding us a coach. Take your time and make sure we dont' have to go through this again in 3 or 4 years.
Also, players complaining about the referees happens in all sports that have referees. Its annoying and stupid but the guys are so intense and into the game and they want to win so badly that they often let loose after a game with tirades blaming the one thing they can blame for losing besides themselves. ITs classless and whining and being a sore loser but it creeps into everyones head when they lose.
Thanks for the clarification Jerry...that actually is quite important and I learned something!!
Also, I completely understand that these comments are always said during the times of highest frustration immediately following the game, but I still feel like players are smart enough to hold their tongue in front of cameras despite frustration out of respect for the officials as human beings. I guess what I'm trying to say is that these refs deserve some level of respect because they ARE trying to do the best they can...
As for the coaching search, I am just becoming more and more frustrated because all the good news that has been leaked or announced has ended up being completely false or been reversed. I'm getting antsy and don't understand why so many of the top candidates haven't been "contacted" or even interviewed yet. While either discussion or interviews have occurred with Ferentz, DeBord, and English already. Also, apparently Bill Martin was sailing this weekend when Les tried to get in contact with him. Who knows if that is true but it hurts my insides...
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