Gene Steratore crew for Monday Night
Okay guys.... So. All I hear about the crews every week. Everyone say they sucks with some historical bad calls with a history of bad calls... YADDA YADDA
SO WHICH CREW IS ACTUALLY ANY GOOD? REALLY... THERE HAS TO BE ATLEAST ONE...?
FWIW
I don't like crews who average a high number of penalties per game. That would be:
Hochuli, Triplette, Cheffers, Boger & Leavy
Maybe that is not fair, but I don't like the "throw the flag first then figure out if it's a penalty mentality"
I also don't like McAulay but that is because he never admitted he was wrong in the 2006 NFC Championship game. He even defendend his call, but I will admit for the most part he is a good ref who just can't admit he made a mistake.
Finally I don't like crews that on personal fouls "when in doubt throw the flag". But This has become a directive of the NFL. Many of the above crews follow that directive, but also Steratore & Winter.
This brings me to another subject altogether. I don't like the booth review rule --- ever. It should always be a coaches challenge. Without booth review we would never have learned about crazy rules like the tuck rule or going to the ground.
Who I do like:
Blakeman, Anderson, Coleman, Parry, Green, Riveron & Morelli (maybe Carey but he's been a bit inconsistent lately)
All refs are subject to a bad game. But if I know we are playing a big game I would prefer one of the crews from the "who do I like group".