Bill Vinovich calling his first Saints game tonight since the no-call (Merged) (1 Viewer)

[RaginSaint93]

Bill Vinovich will be officiating our game tonight…..

 

[Saintsphere]

 

[NatureBoy]

Boooooooooooooooooo!

 

[SaintsMan209]

shoudl NOT be allowed. terrible move.

 

[Furious One]

Why is anyone on that officiating crew still in the league?

 

[HouseCall]

I don’t think Vinovich is a bad guy or a bad referee - in fact, as a ref, he is typically one of the highest graded refs in the league year in and year out. I also don’t think he was told to intentionally screw the Saints.

Where Vinovich failed Saints fans in 2018 was blindly backing a member of his crew who made a huge error (or intentional oversight depending on your viewpoint).

Outside of the context of football, he was actually what you’d want in a crew chief. He trusted his guy made the right call and being that there were no procedures at that time for any off-field oversight, he was thrust into a really tough spot. He got it wrong. I’d imagine he knows that and in some way may even deeply regret it - but at the end of the day - he was working within the limited system available at that time.

Where the league failed the Saints and Saints fans was in the immediate aftermath and trying to sweep the “issue” under the rug in an effort to not “taint” the Super Bowl that year.

They let Bill Vinovich be the “boogey man” and washed their hands of it.

 

[woohoosaint]

I changed his last name to something else that rhymes with Vinovich.

 

[OutlawSaint]

 

[Furious One]

I don’t understand why Vinovich is so hated TBH. He isn’t the one that missed the call. Kind of became a scapegoat/mascot for the Saints fans to point at as the bad guy, probably because he was the only familiar name most people knew.

This fantasy where he was supposed to overrule the call even though it wasn’t his just isn’t something common to the game, at

As the head official, you’re responsible for what your crew does. I’m much more furious with the guy who actually made the call. That was the worst call in NFL history. You don’t get a pass for that. It kept the team from a probable Super Bowl.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

As the head official, you’re responsible for what your crew does. I’m much more furious with the guy who actually made the call. That was the worst call in NFL history. You don’t get a pass for that. It kept the team from a probable Super Bowl.

They did exactly what was wanted of them lol. Help the Rams get to that Super Bowl.

And I agree with you, it was the worst no call in NFL history, kept us from the Super Bowl.

They will never be punished tho as they did what Goodell and the league wanted.

 

[Saint KayBee]

I don’t understand why Vinovich is so hated TBH. He isn’t the one that missed the call. Kind of became a scapegoat/mascot for the Saints fans to point at as the bad guy, probably because he was the only familiar name most people knew.

This fantasy where he was supposed to overrule the call even though it wasn’t his just isn’t something common to the game, at all.

One neck to cut

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

I don’t understand why Vinovich is so hated TBH. He isn’t the one that missed the call. Kind of became a scapegoat/mascot for the Saints fans to point at as the bad guy, probably because he was the only familiar name most people knew.

This fantasy where he was supposed to overrule the call even though it wasn’t his just isn’t something common to the game, at all.

Another thing that hopefully isn’t common to the game is allowing a receiver to be mugged a full two seconds before the ball arrives, in such a critical spot and critical moment, which propelled one team to the Super Bowl and destroyed another’s chances.

It wasn’t an accident.

 

[Madmarsha]

He's got nerve. It's still too soon, Bill. But y'all notice he's not doing this in NOLA.

 

[Madmarsha]

I don’t understand why Vinovich is so hated TBH. He isn’t the one that missed the call. Kind of became a scapegoat/mascot for the Saints fans to point at as the bad guy, probably because he was the only familiar name most people knew.

This fantasy where he was supposed to overrule the call even though it wasn’t his just isn’t something common to the game, at all.

I blame him for everything bad that has ever happened to the Saints since then and forevermore into the future and in no way do I think I'm overreacting. In fact, I am pretty sure I am underreacting.

 

[Madmarsha]

I changed his last name to something else that rhymes with Vinovich.