Monday, November 10
Saturday's game against the Flyers was yet another illustration of the terrible reffing in the NHL right now. There is no standard and no way for a player to know what will be called today compared to what was called yesterday. One game to the next, everything changes. And it even changes period to period, minute to minute. I know it's tradition, but it is not right that whistles tighten in the last five minutes of a game (or in the playoffs). If it's a penalty, call it.
This problem has been around for a while and it's only made worse by the idiots in the league offices. They make stupid annoucements and send out press releases, when what they need to be doing is providing clear direction for their refs and forget about seeking goal-enhancing publicity. My message to them in today's email is, "just get it fixed." Human error and inconsistency I can understand, but it's being made worse by the league and their job is to make it better.
And start with the diving calls. It is almost impossible for a play to be a penalty and a dive at the same time. If Kovalev was diving on Saturday, I'm Claire Huxtable. That call took away 1:15 of 5-3 for the Rangers and let Primeau off the hook for a no-good, cheap-ass, fuckball play. I'd like to see the ref keep his feet after a slash to the calf like that.
The new rule: No ref is allowed to call a penalty and an off-setting dive. Pick one, ref. And be accountable.
How difficult is it to come up with a sensible solution? I'm an idiot and I already have one more than the league office.
Oh, and here's a link about the Rangers and the Refs.
This problem has been around for a while and it's only made worse by the idiots in the league offices. They make stupid annoucements and send out press releases, when what they need to be doing is providing clear direction for their refs and forget about seeking goal-enhancing publicity. My message to them in today's email is, "just get it fixed." Human error and inconsistency I can understand, but it's being made worse by the league and their job is to make it better.
And start with the diving calls. It is almost impossible for a play to be a penalty and a dive at the same time. If Kovalev was diving on Saturday, I'm Claire Huxtable. That call took away 1:15 of 5-3 for the Rangers and let Primeau off the hook for a no-good, cheap-ass, fuckball play. I'd like to see the ref keep his feet after a slash to the calf like that.
The new rule: No ref is allowed to call a penalty and an off-setting dive. Pick one, ref. And be accountable.
How difficult is it to come up with a sensible solution? I'm an idiot and I already have one more than the league office.
Oh, and here's a link about the Rangers and the Refs.
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