"Those people in New Orleans are nuts" - Bill Vinovich's father (article from USA Today) (1 Viewer)

[Nola20094EVA]

I understand his dad's feelings and his reasons for feeling that way.
Vinovich was the head official, but was not the flakes who make the bad judgment on that call.

The blame was misdirected.

You do realize it’s his job to make sure it was the right call or no call? 99/100 the head official will make his crew huddle up to make sure but nope not with his crew during the 2nd biggest game of the entire year.

 

[j4m2b]

The Vinovich’s are nuts.........

 

[Saint Jack]

 

[FL_Saint]

Translation: Listen guys, my dad’s only job was to ignore any roughing calls on Drew Brees that would have decided the game, or to call a phantom holding or hands to the face call if the Saints got in scoring position.

This! It's not as if the non-call was bad enough. But what about the blatant roughing call that was Not Called on the interception in overtime. During the Patriots game, a roughing penalty gets called because a player's hand runs across the chest of Brady. But in this game, Brees basically gets punched in the face mask and no call.

 

[Swamprat]

As I look up and to the right from my computer monitor, I see my very large dry erase board....from which, hangs a yellow penalty flag caught at the Luling parade. It's serves as a silent and visible reminder of the blasphemy that happened...

 

[anoldfan]

What's the cheapest nut? Where can we order 1000 pounds of them and how much cost to ship. Just curious.?

 

[Loose Cannon]

Y'all see what Tyrann Mathieu said to Skip Bayless yesterday on Twitter?

That's what I have to say to Bill Vinovich Sr.

 

[Ihaveaclearance]

I see his epic failure has really put a damper on his career prospects. ?

 

[Dome50]

I get that the ref in position froze, made a mistake and missed the call in that moment. But I could not believe the crew didn't immediately huddle and make the correct call in the seconds afterward. The non-call actually happened directly underneath one of the Dome's video boards and the Dome's video crew did a great job of IMMEDIATELY showing the footage of the missed call. Like, they put it up just seconds after it happened. So the entire crew knew within seconds that they blew it. I remember being at that game and KNOWING they that would huddle and get it right. Never happened.

The non-call on the OT Brees hit is not brought up enough. Dante Fowler shoved Brees in the face with both hands HARD right as he was throwing the ball. That gets called 99 out of 100 times in today's NFL. Just wild stuff. Will never get over it.

 

[KingBarkus]

I have a question for Goodell and the NFL leadership. How is that in a multi-billion dollar industry in the most popular American sport the commissioner of said league and the Super Bowl referee (most prestigious officiating job) can not visit one of its member cities (1 of 32) without beefed up security to protect their physical safety? Are you telling me I should find nothing wrong with that picture? (Well, 2 questions)

 

[Bill]

You do realize it’s his job to make sure it was the right call or no call? 99/100 the head official will make his crew huddle up to make sure but nope not with his crew during the 2nd biggest game of the entire year.

What I realize is that he had zero option to call for a replay because it was before the new rule. He did what he was supposed to do in allowing the covering officials to make a call that he was not able to verify or override based on his position on the field. Officials are in the habit of sticking to their original call so as not to appear unsure of their decision. So the two officials who were closest to, and in position to, make the right call are the ones who blew it.

I can only assume that the replay was being shown on the big screens while the officials were deliberating the decision, and thus these two officials should have had the integrity to reverse their call when they realized that they made the wrong one. But I'm mostly upset with the official who was reaching for his flag, only to allow the other official to call it off as being a "bang-bang" play.

He should have had the guts to call it as he saw it rather than crumble to the official who did not have the best angle to see the infraction. Yes... I'm angry at how that play was ruled by the officials. But Vinovich had no options as long as the covering officials were sticking by their call.

This is a case of misdirected anger, and I'm sure it won't go away even though these are the facts.

 

[Consigliere]

“They crucified him,’’ Billy Vinovich said.

"Crucified" means he died a painful death. Instead, unfortunately, he got promoted.

 

[SaintJ]

1. They didn't huddle up. Two officials (three if you count the guy back in the secondary) were looking right at it. Given the critical timing and the crowd reaction, he utterly and completely choked.

2. His job is to watch the QB through the throw and the aftermath, for roughing the passer, so maybe he didn't see it (which I doubt, based on still-frame pictures I still have on my phone). So what was he looking at when Fowler hit Brees in the head with both hands on the INT in overtime?

I make a mistake like that, I get sued for malpractice and I'm lucky to keep my license. He gets to work the SB the next season. Tell me again there was no understanding before that game to make sure Mr. Kroenke's team got every chance to go to the Super Bowl.

They weren't upset about the missed call. They were upset they had to make it too obvious and almost got caught.

 

[SaintJ]

I get that the ref in position froze, made a mistake and missed the call in that moment. But I could not believe the crew didn't immediately huddle and make the correct call in the seconds afterward. The non-call actually happened directly underneath one of the Dome's video boards and the Dome's video crew did a great job of IMMEDIATELY showing the footage of the missed call. Like, they put it up just seconds after it happened. So the entire crew knew within seconds that they blew it. I remember being at that game and KNOWING they that would huddle and get it right. Never happened.

The non-call on the OT Brees hit is not brought up enough. Dante Fowler shoved Brees in the face with both hands HARD right as he was throwing the ball. That gets called 99 out of 100 times in today's NFL. Just wild stuff. Will never get over it.

Which, BTW, WAS Vinovich's responsibility.

Instead of dying in a fire, he's working the Super Bowl.

There is no god.

 

[Bill]

I get that the ref in position froze, made a mistake and missed the call in that moment. But I could not believe the crew didn't immediately huddle and make the correct call in the seconds afterward. The non-call actually happened directly underneath one of the Dome's video boards and the Dome's video crew did a great job of IMMEDIATELY showing the footage of the missed call. Like, they put it up just seconds after it happened. So the entire crew knew within seconds that they blew it. I remember being at that game and KNOWING they that would huddle and get it right. Never happened.

The non-call on the OT Brees hit is not brought up enough. Dante Fowler shoved Brees in the face with both hands HARD right as he was throwing the ball. That gets called 99 out of 100 times in today's NFL. Just wild stuff. Will never get over it.

It was clear to me that the officials were trying not to make any 'game deciding' calls especially in the waning moments of that game. This is often the case in playoff & championship games. I just wish the Saints would have been playing like they knew that no one was watching the same way that the Rams were.

But the fact that they did not correct the call by means of the video replays that were being presented all around them is further evidence that they didn't want to make calls based on video replays. And it was proven this past year with the new rule that they STILL don't want replays to make the decisions for them. Because it nearly takes an Act of Congress for a call to be overturned even with clear video evidence. Officials don't like their decisions to be challenged or overturned, either now or then!