I think people are making way too big out of a deal of this one.
If you were the ref, you would have had no issues with him pushing on you like that?
First of all I think calling it a push or a shove is even a stretch. Secondly if you look at the context of the situation there wasn't any anger or malice. It was a player trying to get a play off in a time sensitive situation.
If this was any other player in the country it's a non issue. Kid deserves a lot of the negative press he gets but not in this case.
And to answer your question if I was a ref I would like to think I wouldn't have flagged that.
If you were the ref, you would have had no issues with him pushing on you like that?
First of all I think calling it a push or a shove is even a stretch. Secondly if you look at the context of the situation there wasn't any anger or malice. It was a player trying to get a play off in a time sensitive situation.
If this was any other player in the country it's a non issue. Kid deserves a lot of the negative press he gets but not in this case.
And to answer your question if I was a ref I would like to think I wouldn't have flagged that.
Not going to get into a pissing match whether it was a shove or push. And if this was jtb and he didn't get at least flagged, I would be saying he was lucky. This has nothing to do with it being Winston for me and everything to do with moving the ref.
Post by mikeytbuckeyes on Nov 24, 2014 4:11:14 GMT -5
I felt like he should have been penalized. The ref is there to do a job. In that situation, he was preventing the ball from being snapped so the defense could make their substitutions since FSU had just substituted. Some punk ass player doesn't get to dictate when the ref moves and play resumes. That's the call of the ref. Pushing the ref out of the way like some spoiled kid trying to force his way in line should have drawn a flag. You don't lay your hands on the ref.
I felt like he should have been penalized. The ref is there to do a job. In that situation, he was preventing the ball from being snapped so the defense could make their substitutions since FSU had just substituted. Some punk ass player doesn't get to dictate when the ref moves and play resumes. That's the call of the ref. Pushing the ref out of the way like some spoiled kid trying to force his way in line should have drawn a flag. You don't lay your hands on the ref.
My thoughts exactly, and it is not like they needed to run a quick play since the clock was stopped. He should have been flagged, but not ejected.
