D-law on the refs

[BBGTYCOON]

Very few people think it’s “scripted”. We just think the league favors the most profitable outcomes, and subjective penalties allow them to influence outcomes without the appearance of provable malfeasance.

 

[RonnieT24]

How about actually scoring and seeing what comes from that? This is utter victim and excuse mentality. Hell, why not just take a knee or two since the refs won't let you score?

Again setting the bar to absolute perfection to make up for the referees incompetence and/or bias. This may sound perfectly reasonable in your mind.. but it does not to me. We have all see the refs screw teams with inexplicable calls or non-calls. Acting as if just doing everything perfectly will fix them is simply being obtuse. What more should Parsons have done when the lineman tackled him to prevent him from making a tackle? How would you propose that Gilmore avoid getting called for PI on a ball that lands 3-5 yards out of bounds? Should Michael Gallup have simply moved his head out of the way faster so as not to get hit in the face? Placing the onus on players to be perfect because refs are gonna screw is ridiculous. Apply the same standard of perfection to the refs.. then we can talk.

 

[kskboys]

The officiating is bad league wide....and the officials themselves are victims of a convoluted set of ever changing rules.

It leads to scattershot officiating.

Sometimes we benefit from it (like against Philly, when we were granted 40% more penalty 1st downs than the Eagles were), and sometimes we come out on the other end.

It all evens out, and over course of season doesn't affect what any team (including us) would have accomplished anyway.....but it IS a convoluted system....even if it isn't scripted like a lot of silly people actually think and believe

Scripted? That's ridiculous and impossible.

Manipulated? That's blatant and obvious.

 

[kskboys]

Very few people think it’s “scripted”. We just think the league favors the most profitable outcomes, and subjective penalties allow them to influence outcomes without the appearance of provable malfeasance.

Yeah, I don't know where he got that from. Can't recall an instance where someone on this site claimed the games were scripted.

 

[kskboys]

Again setting the bar to absolute perfection to make up for the referees incompetence and/or bias. This may sound perfectly reasonable in your mind.. but it does not to me. We have all see the refs screw teams with inexplicable calls or non-calls. Acting as if just doing everything perfectly will fix them is simply being obtuse. What more should Parsons have done when the lineman tackled him to prevent him from making a tackle? How would you propose that Gilmore avoid getting called for PI on a ball that lands 3-5 yards out of bounds? Should Michael Gallup have simply moved his head out of the way faster so as not to get hit in the face? Placing the onus on players to be perfect because refs are gonna screw is ridiculous. Apply the same standard of perfection to the refs.. then we can talk.

Very well said.

I guess I could understand how that would work if the calls were honest, but they're not.

 

[BoysForLife]

Sounds like about 40% of the regulars around here.

 

[Cowboys5217]

Sounds like about 40% of the regulars around here.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

 

[Cowboys5217]

He didn’t mention the gifted last drive Dallas got though.

What calls were bogus on that drive?

 

[Cowboys5217]

Funny how hardly anyone crediting the refs for getting the cowboys offense to the 6 yard line with 26ish seconds to go. Had the offense not completely screwed up the eagles would be complaining how the refs gave away the game.

What calls were bogus on that drive?

 

[Risen Star]

Losers complain about the officiating.

 

[charron]

What calls were bogus on that drive?

What calls were bogus on any drive? Cowboys got called for penalties they committed.

 

[ESisback]

Losers complain about the officiating.

That’s kinda like saying anyone who does nothing but disparage the Cowboys isn’t really a fan.

 

[Brooksey]

Complaining about the refs is like yelling at the sun for rising in the AM. Bad calls happen in every game and very rarely do they outweigh poor execution. Better execution on ANY of the plays listed and the outcome is different.

There are what 3 threads on here *****ing about the refs, hell there was one before the game. How many threads are on here discussing the bad execution during crunch time? Dak played very well but he also left 2 points on the field when he stepped out. Ferguson had a great game but he ran a piss poor route on the play to Schoon. If he runs it correctly Blankenship can’t get there to make the play. The false start, sack etc. all execution issues.

If each team has 5 missed plays and 5 bad calls it's even, If one team has 8 bad calls vs. 5 it can flip the game. Facts.

Refs can control the game anytime they want, the rest is wishful thinking.

 

[Cydios]

They’re so comfortable here that you’ve now got multiple Eagles fans tone policing the forum.

Oddly, they only show up when they're winning. we didn't have 1 a few years ago., They do well and bam.. Self esteem issues, no problem I'm gonna go sign up for an account on the opponents forum. Hilarious.

 

[Cydios]

I generally understand refs missing calls. It’s a very hard job with 22 super athletes and so much happening on every play. But the shoon call was right in front of them, not in a crowd of bodies and so clear cut there is no excuse to miss that call

I wonder what they thought when they saw the replay .. "Whoops, missed one"?

 

[Cydios]

The penalties were even.

More yards against Eagles.

Flags set Dallas up at the 6 yard line on crunch drive.

More yards against Eagles.

I know this won't matter.

More yards against Eagles.

Yes I know...ALL flags against Eagles were obvious, and they should have had 35 to 40 more, like all of our opponents should have. All flags against us were bogus.

More yards against Eagles.

quite the opposite. I'm not mad at the Eagles outside general fan dislike. Eagles played, Dallas played. REFs interefered.

 

[Cydios]

You dont need to be an athlete to know what an real athlete is all about.

Just imagine a coach had to be better in everything he teaches his NFL level players.

You get it ?! A really ill-considered argument from you.

notice the lack of "likes" of your comments. Means we disagree.

 

[Risen Star]

That’s kinda like saying anyone who does nothing but disparage the Cowboys isn’t really a fan.

Or it's like saying losers complain about the officiating.

 

[ESisback]

Or it's like saying losers complain about the officiating.

The officiating against your team only bothers you if you’re a fan of the team. Non fans argue against. Go ahead, argue against.

 

[Risen Star]

The officiating against your team only bothers you if you’re a fan of the team. Non fans argue against. Go ahead, argue against.

You blame officiating when you're a weak willed loser. This team used to be better than that. Landry would never do it. Jimmy wouldn't either.

But feel free to continue crying about it. It helps you cope. I get it.