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While I agree that the wrong penalty call had a big impact on the game, it’s still a leap to assume that the Bombers would score at least a game-tying field goal.
Fumble?
Interception?
Genuine penalties pushing the Bombers out of field goal range?
And of course, what you propose would never happen anyway.
I’m not making the assumption that they would score. I am just giving them the benefit of the doubt. This can’t continue.
I know it won’t happen. Just my view of things. Officiating is part of the game. In the CFL its become the game.
Maybe the officials, all seven of them, should be shackled and taken to Portage & Main and be left out in the sun until they all learn a lesson. Or maybe a tar and feathering would be more acceptable to you? Maybe strap them to a net at the MTS Centre and have the Jets rookies shoot puck at their ya-yas? Or perhaps they should be made to shine the Golden Boy with worn out toothbrushes until the gold comes off. In January. On a real windy day. How about we ban them all from Salisbury House Restaurants or tell them they can’t listen to the Guess Who, BTO or Neil Young for a year.
You’re right, except for that ONE play, the Bombers played a perfect game…no missed blocks, no dropped passes, no missed kicks and that single play, out of 150, is the ONLY reason they lost the game. And the other eight losses this season? Also the refs. Call Oliver Stone…it’s a conspiracy!!
25 000 people paid money to see 60 minutes of football and they wake up the next day to an apology from the league :thup:
had the ref not blown the call, the Bombers would have had a 1st and 10 on the Esks 37 yard line and thus a very good chance to at least tie the game with approx one minute left to play and a fresh new set of downs.
Sorry but not a good call. easy to say but 12 yards closer Winnipeg wins.
Actually feel sorry for Winnipeg fans. Hang tough
Ummmmm… No . It was 25 22 , a FG was all the Bombers were getting . Huff made a huge … Huge blunder punting from his goaline with 2 minutes to go . Up
11 and give up the 2 and the Bombers would need 2 scores to win and have to drive the length of the field for a TD.
The chances were overwhelmingly on their side that they would at least get a field goal and take he game to overtime. The game was taken away from them.
I dunno…I think you’re giving the Bombers too much credit. I’ve been cheering for this team for a half century and I don’t think I’ve seen a more incompetent group since the Earl Lunsford/Joe Zaleski lead bozos of the late 60’s.
Very unfortunate. It clearly appears that the official carefully watching the line of scrimmage for any off-sides told Adams [Bomber's receiver] that he was lined up correctly. The video shows that after the play was executed this same official was told something by the head referee [who announced the infraction] and he was told to throw his flag. When he threw the flag it appeared he'd thrown it as if to say, " Ooops, I'll throw it immediately." Who knows what the ref said to the sideline official but it sounds like the guy who threw the flag was told Adams was actually lined up incorrectly. I guess we'll never know what one official said to the other that prompted the flag being thrown.
If one official thought Adams was in fact lined up incorrectly,[which would explain the " no end" infraction call], the other official could have said he told Adams that he was lined up correctly. Had this happened then the ref could have dropped a flag onto the field and said, " There is no infraction on the play". This is frequently done in CFL games. It would have been the right thing to do. However, there does not appear to have been any sort of a discussion.
With 50 seconds left in the game and the Bombers having made the 3rd and inches the team would have had a fresh set of downs and would have been in a much better position to try a FG. Of course, that one could have been missed too, even from closer in. And let's not forget, even with a fresh set of downs, the Bombers could have fumbled or been intercepted. But alas…they may have won the game with a last second FG that would have been well within the kicker's range. Both Bomber players and coaches have taken this one on the chin.
I would like to know which official was "disciplined". The one who told Adams he was correctly lined up and then threw the flag later on or the official who appears to have told him to the throw the flag. What was the mistake? The official telling Adams that he was lined up correctly or throwing the flag?
I understand the frustration. Not acceptable.
However. refs are people just like all of us that make mistakes at our jobs.
Also, players and coaches make more mistakes that cost a game than do officials.
2009 GC Sean Lucas ( the 13 th man )
2014 GC Taylor Reed ( the Block )
2015 ORB Mouth MacDonald vs Argos
Never does a game come down to one play.
It happens in every sport in every league. At the end of the season all teams have had calls go with them and some against them.
Excellent assessments last two posts…
Only if they found a way to make a field goal count for 4 points.
lol Correct! My bad. :thup: I guess they were denied the chance to at least try and tie the game.
When players make mistakes they are accountable. They can lose their starting position or, has happened this year already in I think Ottawa after the Argo game, be cut. Officials are rarely held accountable. This is one of the rare occassions. The official is being dealt with, no further discussion required on this incident. However, the league must address officiating in the off season because this season and last have been disasters. Coincidentally that is when Glen Johnston took over the top job. Coaches get fired when their team doesn’t perform so maybe…
You would think there would more Bomber fans upset at this reffing sacrilege, but there isn't, and 'yougottabekidding' has hit the nail on the head. When I watch Bomber games now, I expect them to lose. Sorry if the truth hurts. This is a lousy team with no motivation and that falls on the HC. Every game they keep finding new ways to lose, that ref just helped them along this time.
It is one thing to deny the Bombers a much needed win to keep in the hunt for the final playoff spot but the true tragedy is that I had picked Winnipeg in the virtual Grey Cup. Doesn’t the CFL realize that the effects of this has far more importance than just a Football game and the playoff implications. (not to mention that it would have put Edmonton in first had Calgary lost.) :cowboy:
[When players make mistakes they are accountable. They can lose their starting position or, has happened this year already in I think Ottawa after the Argo game, be cut. Officials are rarely held accountable. This is one of the rare occassions. The official is being dealt with, no further discussion required on this incident. However, the league must address officiating in the off season because this season and last have been disasters. Coincidentally that is when Glen Johnston took over the top job. Coaches get fired when their team doesn’t perform so maybe…
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is Higgins available ?
I understand the principle of this statement but it’s not always quite accurate. Certainly if the bombers played more effectively on offense in the second half they wouldn’t have had to rely on a late play. But one bad play call by a coach, an ill-timed penalty by a player, or a bad call by an official at the right time can absolutely change the outcome of the game, especially if the score is close in the waning moments of a game. As an example, see last years Grey Cup and Super Bowl games.
Did the call take a potential steal of a win away from the Bombers? Maybe, but it certainly made it harder for them to tie or win the game. You never want the officials to interject themselves into the finish of a close game unless absolutely necessary, regardless of the sport. Unfortunately, regardless of the sport, if a ref screws up best you’ll get is an apology.
is Higgins available ?
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No, no, no, no, nooooooooooooo!!!
Johnston is bad and needs to be replaced, but things were not good under Higgins. Nowhere near as bad, but still not good. Higgins is not an official and has no officiating experience at any level. If we are going to let Higgins have the job, aside from being stupid enough to repeat the leagues past mistakes it would be no different than making Johnston a HC.
How 'bout it Montreal, do you want Glenn Johnston as your new head coach?