How do you hold them accountable?
By not renewing their contracts, which are year to year. And poorly graded officials don’t get playoff assignments.
You’re right about these folks being the best, and it took a long time and a lot of effort to get there.
Officials are held accountable. Maybe the author should have contacted the NFL on that subject instead of spending his time puking out this ignorant screed, including the bit about “part time” as if that makes a fucking case.
The only thing close to a valid point was about the horse collar non-call.
This is bottom of the barrel, totally devoid of ethics, and beyond shameful.
It’s tough to get into the Hall as a DB, and tough to get in as a Raider. Put the two together…
Bobby Ross was an asshole.
I’ll read this someday, when it’s free.
This has to be trolling: an article about women in the NFL, and they have Watson’s picture under the headline? And, since they didn’t bother to mention officiating, there are now three woman officials, and I think Robin DeLorenzo will wind up being the first female white hat.
That statement is the corporate equivalent of “Don’t let the door hit you in the ass”.
Steve Smith’s phone is going to voicemail.
Eisen makes the point clearer than I have that I think a lack of communication has allowed some of these bad calls to stand. Communication shouldn’t end after pre-game, and everyone on the officiating team ought to feel comfortable with saying to another official “Are you sure?”.
There’s always a bunch of “rah rah” and optimism when coaches get hired.
It’s not my money, but I think it’s foolish to give HCs that kind of money. Maybe coaches should be paid like players: a base amount and the rest in incentives. Also, this team was not a QB and HC away from success, but they threw away their near future for an unproven quantity and got a retread HC. At some point organizations are going to realize giving away draft capital to get a QB with nothing around him to help him win is stupid.