Bengals growling over crucial Friday night penalty
Barnegat coach Rob Davis said he was ""very upset'' over the call in Friday night's game vs. Holmdel in which the Bengals were penalized for ""aiding the runner"' on a play which wiped out Erik Smithman's first down at the Holmdel two or three-yard line in the first over time.
The the series ended when Holmdel blocked the potential game-winning field goal attempt.
Holmdel won in the second overtime, 27-20.
""That should have never been called,'' said Davis. "'I've never seen a call like that before. On film it showed they were trying to strip the ball when the play was stagant for two or three seconds and our linemen were attacking to the whistle.
""Holmdel was aggressive, there was nothing wrong with that. But the play should have never been called.''
The the series ended when Holmdel blocked the potential game-winning field goal attempt.
Holmdel won in the second overtime, 27-20.
""That should have never been called,'' said Davis. "'I've never seen a call like that before. On film it showed they were trying to strip the ball when the play was stagant for two or three seconds and our linemen were attacking to the whistle.
""Holmdel was aggressive, there was nothing wrong with that. But the play should have never been called.''
posted by Tony Graham at 11:12 AM
9 Comments:
I believe it's against the shore conference and NJSIAA rules for a coach to comment publicly in the media on the officiating of a game. Coach Davis is a good, young coach but needs to be more of a leader by not complaining - it just doesn't look good for him - it paints him as a bit of cry baby. He also needs to tone down the stat reciting he is prone to do in the newspaper - stats do not mean a thing when you lose.
I - personally - know of no such rule that you refer to. This is not the NFL.
If a coach feels like venting or complaining and states his case in professional manner I have no problem running it...on a blog.
You know I'm not a coach and I will comment if Tony will print it. Before every Shore Conference game there is an announcement that the officials are professionals and should be treated as such. I have seen high school, college, semi-pro and NFL games in more states than you could imagine. I have seen high school games in NJ PA DE FL CA TX CO WY and Montana. Beyond a doubt the conglomoration of officials we have at the Shore Conference are the worst group of officials I have had the displeasure of watching. There are more blown calls every game than Carter has pills. And it wasn't always that way. I would like to know the average age of officials at the Shore. Most of them probably haven't had vision tests done in 30 years. I saw a JV game yesterday and watched a spot that one official marked at the 50 and then the other placed the ball at the 50. In reality the ball was down on the 47. Three plays later I saw a clear fumble that was called down by contact. And by the way, I'm not complaining our team retained possesion, but it should have been the other teams ball. Its time for the Shore Conference to look at game films and realize that there are many officials that need to be replaced. I'm surprised that more coaches don't go beserk at some of the calls that are being made. I think Davis was very composed during the game and certainly is not being a baby. He is young, he certainly makes mistakes here and there, but one thing he preaches to his kids is to show good sportsmanship and he leads by example as far as that goes.
Hard to respond to your observations about Shore Conference officials in general. I'm sure the coach was very composed during the game. Just doesn't seem right for any coach to criticize officials via any method, print or not. I did see the play as a disinterested 3rd party and the pile was moved by several Bengals players for several yards. The fact that Holmdel players were trying to strip the ball is not a factor. They are allowed to do that. O-lineman are not allowed to push the pile forward. Maybe it's not called often at the High School level, but I don't see how that matters either.
The call is never called and it should be .It is a rule and as the coach even said the pile had stoppedfor two or three second which should have been enough to blow the whistle stopping the play.A whistle could have helped but you also don't know if his player adding him masked the runner untill someone seen the penilty.I was there and it was a hard call but when stopped at the six for three second then a surge pushed him to the two was it a good call yes.
Yes, I agree, most of the officials are doing it to supplememt their social security and pensions.
I saw the play from the sideline at the goal line and - even from there - was unclear as to exactly how and why the pile moved..but it did surge forward.
At the time - my reaction was - and still is - that I did not have a problem with the ruling, except that in over 40 years of covering high school football I don't remember seeing it called before.
There is a call...aiding the runner. However, it is when another player shoves a "runner," not a pile forward. For example, a player running the ball is tripped up and falling to the ground, one of his teammates cannot keep him from falling, or shove hime forward for extra yards. Lineman pushing a pile of tacklers forward is allowed. Referee botched that one.
Has anyone given thought to the amount of time it took the offical to throw the flag? Was it a split second dicision made during the time of the play or a considerate act after the play? Had a similar call been made earlier in the game? Was a warning given to either team? Officals should be perfect, they are being paid for an honest job. That being said a constant is that the same team of officials wind up doing several of a high school games and human error leads them into making favorable calls for those teams. This isn't the first nor the last time an official will change the outcome of a game!
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