Here's why I lost all respect for Vinovich. You're correct there were 2 refs closer (Cavaletto was the one most aggressively insisting there was no penalty). But after the game, Vinovich lied and said he didn't see the play even though there's plenty of photos of him looking straight at the play as it happens. He's not the closest, but he saw it and then lied about it like a little coward.
I'm not saying if he'd been honest everything would be okay, but he was the crew chief and if he'd owned the mistake made....it's still a brutal, heartbreaking one, but I'd respect him more for it...the thing that grinds my gears about him is his cowardice and lying.