the hard part is unlike football the game keeps going for 2 more minutes, then you end up winding the clock back if someone changes a call.
I have been told hockey is the hardest sport to referee. I would argue soccer is, but both are damned hard. not sure how you do a later review. Watched the 10 worst calls in playoff history the other day, some calls were amazing. one was 4 feet offside. but thats a 30 year study of however many games per year to come up with 10 calls that bad.
I wish they could stop changing the damn rules. one year you can slash the stick, next year you cant. imagine the hooking of the late 80's going on today. shit the box would never be empty.
And truly that is all that I am asking for - consistency. I played basketball and I know exactly how to get away with dirty shit if I was that kind of player, which I wasn't. It's all in the timing and acting, which I had a front row seat for I'm starting to think it would be a good idea to allow the coaches to challenge calls/non-calls similiar to American football. At least that way games wouldn't be decided because of bad calls or no calls.
Head banger wrote:
me???
the refs are not as consistant as they could be thats for sure.
I missed the game so couldnt coment on this one.
HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote:
NO SHIT!!! Abby gets his stick slashed out of his hands on a break away in another game and there is NO CALL AT ALL!!! WTF??? It's a crap shoot if you are going to get decent refs of not. And don't even start with the complete and utter bullshit that refs don't miss much (you know who I mean!). We tried to tape it while at the game, but of course a huge storm rolled in and nothing recorded. Looked to us like the Hawks were offsides on the play that resulted in a goal (Franzen threw the puck out of the zone and Toews never cleared out of the zone before it was brought back in). Smith needs to start wearing a Hawks sweater, Jesus he is horrible! Too bad DeKeyser had his thumb broken by the Ducks or this might be a different series.
