Somebody tell me how coach throwing a fit yesterday would have fixed anything? That's Mike, he's not gonna throw stuff or whatever you want him to do. Again it would not have changed anything. You can say the refs screwed this up, and they did. However, if he picks the ball up instead of taking the knee and touching the ball we win the game.
Leach reaction
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Well, according to Robbie Faulk, in his post game press conference, Leach had no idea that the ball had been waved dead by the back judge. This is even more concerning that our head coach didn’t see this, nor did any coach on our staff alert him of this. I’m not sure how the entire staff could have their heads up their asses all at the same time, but they did.
No one is saying he should have handcuffed himself to the ball, but he could have called timeout to challenge. He had two timeouts.
Throwing a fit on the sideline won't change a thing on the field but it will demonstrate to the team that he's got their backs and it gives them something to rally around instead of hanging their heads and sulking over. It's very important for a young football team.
Some of his reaction or lack of reaction may have been based on whether every scoring play is reviewed. If every scoring play is supposed to be reviewed, what good does it do to throw a challenge flag if it has already been reviewed. I thought all scoring plays are reviewed but I’m not sure about that.
Shirley a player could have come up to the coach and said he saw the back judge signal the play was dead. If the dynamics of the team are such that no player would feel comfortable going up to the head coach and saying that, then there's a culture problem coming from our head coach.
Exactly. It looked to me like we had at least 3 or 4 players near the ball when all that happened, and they all assumed that the play was over by the actions of the refs. And then the refs didn't have the integrity to admit that. What a cluster 17 it all was.
Doesn't matter
In real-time, I saw the bag and the arm wave signaling dead ball and started laughing that they were allowing the return to happen.
There was an sec compensated coaching staff and a roster full of players with enough capability to do everything they could to keep that XP from occurring. We just stood there with our bottom lips trying to touch our toes.
In real-time, I saw the bag and the arm wave signaling dead ball and started laughing that they were allowing the return to happen.
There was an sec compensated coaching staff and a roster full of players with enough capability to do everything they could to keep that XP from occurring. We just stood there with our bottom lips trying to touch our toes.
I'm concerned that Leach is not fully bought in, most coaches would have gone ballistic and gotten kicked out of the game.
Is this even reviewable? It should be but I don't know if it is or not. It should be if they can review the onside kick and then call a different penalty on said review. Either way if they ball is picked up it's not left up to the officials to screw up. Not blaming the kid, that's coaching. From now on I'm sure it will be preached to pick the ball.
Yes, reviewable.
The SEC acknowledged so and stated the ball would have been spotted where "downed".
You can absolutely make an argument that the ball wasn't downed and that the play should have been carried out as it did. None of that matters the second a judge signals play dead. It becomes a safety issue at that point bc some folks are letting up and others are going 100. When the ref signals dead, even in a debatable 17 up, the play is over.
The SEC acknowledged so and stated the ball would have been spotted where "downed".
You can absolutely make an argument that the ball wasn't downed and that the play should have been carried out as it did. None of that matters the second a judge signals play dead. It becomes a safety issue at that point bc some folks are letting up and others are going 100. When the ref signals dead, even in a debatable 17 up, the play is over.
